There are doubts about who will replace the former mayor after he was sentenced to 14 months in prison with probation.
The Artigas Municipality is headless after the former mayor Pablo Caram was sentenced to 14 months in prison with probation for irregularities in the payment of overtime to various officials of the northern departmental government.
In the context of the Overtime case, other officials of the Municipality who were related to Caram were also convicted, as well as his niece, the now former deputy for the National Party (PN), Valentina Dos Santoswho was found guilty of usurpation of functions.
The scandal in the Artigas Municipality not only shakes the PN itself and the government alliance in an election year, but also brought new headaches to elucidate the succession of Caram, who expected the position to be occupied by Dos Santos, who will not be able to do so because his citizenship has been suspended following the conviction, in addition to resigning from the PN, where he was given the thumbs down.
Caram’s second substitute was Augusto Rodriguezwho passed away in December 2022, while the third in line is Nieves Volpiwho is being investigated and is believed to be involved in the case. In fourth place is the Mario Predebona rural producer linked to the PN, but who is not involved in political activity.
This Friday, the City Hall will hold an institutional ceremony to name the next mayor, although his name is still a question mark.
Pablo Mieres regretted the corruption in Artigas
For his part, the leader and presidential candidate of the Independent Party (PI), Pablo Mieresregretted the acts of corruption that occurred in Artigas and assured that these do “a lot of damage to politics” and by extension to the Republican Coalition (Multicolor Coalition).
“It does a lot of damage to politics when these things happen and we must not let them happen,” Mieres said in an interview with Telemundo. “The political system has to send very strong signals,” said the politician, who believes that more resources should be allocated to the Transparency and Public Ethics Board (Jutep).
Source: Ambito
