The National Party politician stepped aside after the Electoral Court disqualified him from holding public office.
Pablo Caram resigned as mayor of Artigas After the scandal of Overtime case for which he was sentenced to 14 months in prison on probation for “failure of a public official to report irregularities” related to the payment of overtime at the departmental government office.
The now ex-leader was disqualified this Monday by the Electoral Court to hold public office and will now be replaced by the notary Elita Volpiwho was third in the line of succession in the Artigas Municipalitywho had already assumed the role of interim mayor on another occasion due to Caram’s leave.
According to Búsqueda, President of the Departmental Council of Artigas, Nelton Barreda ordered an extraordinary session at 9:00 p.m. to discuss Caram’s resignation and the succession of Volpi, who is under investigation in a case of multi-million dollar fraud in the department.
Before the disqualification by the Electoral Court was known, Caram had planned to resign from the Mayor’s Office and launch himself as a candidate for deputy, something that upset the ranks of the National Party (PN), where they are currently considering his expulsion.
The National Party gave Caram the thumbs down
The white presidential candidate, Alvaro Delgadoasked Caram to resign from the Mayor’s office and at the same time decline his candidacy for the House of Representatives, something that was reportedly accepted by the former mayor of Artigas.
“What is wrong is wrong and there are no two different lenses to measure things. In the last few hours, I spoke with Mayor Caram and asked him to resign as Mayor of Artigas and also asked him not to present himself as a candidate for deputy,” Delgado had said on Monday.
The scandal in the north of the country has hit the PN head on and, by extension, the entire governing coalition in the midst of the electoral campaign leading up to the general elections in October.
In this regard, the senator Luis Alberto Heber He said: “This situation that we are suffering in the National PartyIt is a real shame, the actions of the mayor and the deputy have been shameful for the honor and pride of the party.
Source: Ambito
