He president of the PIT-CNT, Marcelo Abdalabroke the silence after the new scandal over Astesian case where it was known that the Republic President, Luis Lacalle Pouwas aware that his former custodian had spied on the head of the union headquarters.
This Thursday, at a press conference, Abdala assured that the union movement has been “extremely concerned” since the chats between the president and his former personal custodian became known.
“The Constitution of the Republic clearly establishes that illegal secret investigations are prohibited, so we have great concern in this regard,” Abdala stated.
In that sense, Abdala assured that in the next partial strike on Thursday the 27th in honor of the 51 years of the General strike“the need to respect individual and collective rights” will be raised, as well as “not attacking peaceful mobilizations” of workers.
“This is in the Power of attorneyand obviously there are some resolutions that concern the judiciary and as long as it is in that sphere we will be attentive,” the union member noted.
“There was no dialogue of any kind”
After being asked if the president had called him by phone, Abdala confirmed that there had been no dialogue “of any kind” since the chat was made public.
On June 6, Lacalle Pou said that he would not communicate with Abdala that day, since “it was a special day,” in reference to the tribute of Amelia Sanjurjo on the esplanade of the University of the Republic (UdelaR), of which the president of the PIT-CNT was a part.
“Democracy in this country cost a lot, we have just said goodbye to Amelia Sanjurjo, a democracy activist, also pregnant, who was savagely tortured and if on the 27th we commemorate the General strike It is because the labor movement risked everything for democracy,” the union leader recalled.
Source: Ambito
