After having been part of the false complaint of abuse against the Frente Amplista candidate, Yamandu Orsi, the militant Romina Celeste Papasso, was officially expelled from National Party (PN)as confirmed by the president of the group, Pablo Iturralde.
Finally, the official declaration of the expulsion of the white militant was drafted, Romina Celesteafter the meeting of the Political Affairs Commission of the National Party. Celeste belonged to and presided over the group “Together for the people” but from the PN they asked the Electoral Court that cannot integrate any other group that belongs to the ruling party.
“The first thing is to ask Justice to dig and try to get to the bottom of it and pay with all the consequences of the law,” Iturralde said at a press conference. “We hope that the facts have all the guarantees,” he added.
In that sense, he assured that a meeting with the Political Affairs Commission of the party to make the final decision that was voted unanimously by the group’s board of directors. “We had too much patience and with the elements on the table it did not seem necessary to treat the case with the Ethics Commission and a resolution was made immediately,” said the politician.
At the end of the press conference, Iturralde contacted by telephone Yamandu Orsi to tell him about the news and express his solidarity with the pre-candidate in the face of the situation he has to address. On the other hand, he highlighted his concern about the actions that occurred during the campaign, something that, according to Iturralde, harms the political system of the Uruguay.
Romina Celeste in preventive detention
After condemning the protagonist of the complaint against Orsi, Paula Díaz, Romina Celeste He also received a sentence of 90 days in prison. The first must now establish an address, perform community tasks for 6 months, as well as comply with night house arrest during the first 6 months of the sentence.
He 3rd shift judge of Ciudad de la Costa (Canelones), Bernardo Buenoconvicted Díaz as the author of a crime of slander in real reiteration with a crime of defamation as author.
The trans woman was under permanent supervision of the National Directorate of Supervision of Assisted Liberty (Dinasla) for the duration of her sentence, and will be under nighttime house arrest from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Meanwhile, Romina Celeste is currently in preventive detention and was sentenced to 90 days in prison. The decision was made by appeals court in Criminal Matters of the 2nd turn, which thus revoked the sentence against Romina Celeste for the accusation against the former mayor of cannelloni considering that there is “risk of hindering the investigation, danger of flight and danger to society.”
“This is a repeat offender, which constitutes a guideline for determining the risk,” the judges warned in their resolution. Daniel Tapié, Ricardo Míguez and Beatriz Larrieu.
In this way, the activist of the National Party He will have to serve house arrest for 90 days, until August 4, within the framework of his accusation for the crimes of association to commit a crime in concurrence outside the repetition with a crime of slander in real repetition with a crime of defamation and in author quality.
Source: Ambito
