Humberto Allende had already resigned from his position in Cerro de las Cuentas, Cerro Largo. Now, the political space dismissed him “urgently.”
Humberto Allende was expelled from the National Party after being convicted of rape.
He National Party (PN) expelled Humberto Allende, who resigned as mayor of Hill of Accounts, in Long Hill, after being convicted of raping an 80-year-old woman, in a new scandal within the ruling party.
After the turbulent departure of Pablo Caram of the Artigas Municipality, The PN has added another problem in the last few hours, after Allende was sentenced to five years and two months in prison for raping an 80-year-old woman.
To top it off, the former mayor left the court without handcuffs or custody after being sentenced and threatened to hit a journalist who was standing guard, and then got into a police van, which is why the Ministry of Interior ordered an investigation into the failure to comply with the usual protocol in such cases.
On the other hand, regarding the mayor’s office of Cerro de las Cuentas, Allende presented his resignation, according to the coordinator of Municipalities, Virginia Coara. Unlike what happened in Artigas, with a more traumatic succession, in this case the leader indicated that she would take over in her place Jorge Piriz, who was already interim mayor.
The National Party “emphatically” reproached Allende’s conduct
Through a letter bearing the signature of the president of the National Party, Macarena Rubio, That political space proceeded to “immediately expel” Allende and added: “We emphatically condemn the conduct of the convicted man and express our solidarity with the victim who suffered the horrible situation.”
“We also express our repudiation of the threat and attempted assault that was inflicted by the same on a journalist, when she left the court,” the white authorities continued and pointed out that the National Party “is and will always be a defender of the rights inherent to the human personality and therefore condemns all forms of violence.”
Source: Ambito
