The scandal of the extra hours led to a situation of headlessness in the Artigas Municipality, because Pablo Caram He has not yet submitted his resignation and it remains unclear who will succeed him.
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 and it is being discussed whether his citizenship is suspended, which would prevent him from appearing in the elections. departmental elections by 2025.
Although the mayor was expected to formalize his resignation this Friday, the letter has not yet been presented and the decision could be delayed over the next few hours or even until next week.
The troubled succession in Artigas
Caram’s first substitute should be the former deputy for the National Party, Valentina Dos Santos, who was also convicted in the case, so she would not take office as mayor either.
The second in succession was Augusto Rodriguez, who died in December 2022, while serving as Secretary General. Third appears Nieves Elita Volpi, who was previously interim mayor, but is involved in a criminal case and was also investigated in the scandal that ejected Caram.
The room in question is Mario Predebon, a rural producer linked to the PN, but with no experience in political activity.
At a press conference, the president of the Departmental Council of Artigas, Nelton Barreda (PN), explained that “we have to go in that order and if they resign we go to the next one.” If none of them accept, the next one on the list would be Barreda himself.
The Broad Front spoke of an “institutional crisis”
The senator of the Frente Amplio, Eduardo Brenta, He told Radio Montecarlo that Caram’s administration “ran the department like a big ranch” and pointed out that “citizens were robbed of 8 million dollars to pay false overtime,” considering that the case led to “an institutional crisis” in the district.
Faced with the event, which the government hopes will not impact the campaign, from the Departmental Political Table of the FA They pointed out that they had reported “numerous irregularities” since the beginning of the administration, which demonstrates “correct action.”
The opposition extrapolated this phenomenon to a national level. “It is important to note that the National Party He has been reported throughout the country for situations that appear to be criminal and he does not respond to reports,” they stated in the letter.
Source: Ambito
