The presidential candidate of the Frente Amplio, Carolina Cosse, He assured that there is “notorious political interference” on the part of the Executive power in the reopening of the case Antel Arena and, without naming him, he slipped that the president Luis Lacalle Pou “he gets involved in the electoral campaign.”
Cosse recalled that the investigation began when she was a candidate for mayor and stated that “it is revived now that I am a pre-candidate for president,” so she insisted: “It is a case against me and for the government to get involved in the electoral campaign is prohibited.” in the Constitution”.
The mayor of Montevideo in use of license admitted that “from the point of view of justice I am not surprised by the reopening because it is a normal and planned process,” but indicated: “It never ceases to surprise me that the government is participating in the campaign in this way.”
When asked about Lacalle Pou’s participation, she maintained that “it was a request from the Executive Branch to reopen the case” and, at a press conference, she fired: “But you recorded it, you took statements. Why are you asking me?”
Gabriel Gurméndez celebrated that Justice “goes thorough”
Meanwhile, after the reopening of the case, the presidential candidate of the Colorado Party, Gabriel Gurméndez, He expressed that he felt “great peace of mind that the complaint he presented at the end of 2021, when he was president of Antel.
Gurméndez valued “that a new prosecutor has decided to reexamine the case”, considering that the previous one “was not thorough, because the evidence had not been completed and it went directly to the file without following all possible lines.”
The Colorado reference stated that he was “certain that there was irregularities and a waste of people’s money, all managed secretly and by hand”, so he launched: “The Uruguayans “They deserve to know how people’s money is handled.”
Finally, he ruled out that it was something personal against Cosse. “It is a complaint that we decided to make from the Antel board of directors that I chaired, when we confirmed facts that appeared irregular and criminal,” he clarified and warned: “Personal responsibilities, if any, will be determined by the judge.”
Source: Ambito
