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A Ciudadanos legislator expressed in a WhatsApp group that “the situation is delicate and requires maximum prudence”
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January 29, 2023 at 17:57
The Minister of the Environment, Adrián Peña, will meet this Monday with the bench of the Ciudadanos sector of the Colorado Party to give his explanations about the situation of his university degree.
As published by Search, there is a pending course that prevents you from accessing the Bachelor’s degree in Business Management by the Catholic University. The Observer He learned that Peña does not have his bachelor’s degree and that, furthermore, he is not formally in a position to process it.
A Ciudadanos legislator expressed in a WhatsApp group that “the situation is delicate and requires maximum prudence”as stated in the message to which he accessed The Observer. From the Colorado sector they hope to “hear” the version of their coordinator and to know all the information.
Following the news disclosed by Búsqueda, the Catholic University of Uruguay (UCU) told El Observador that “due to ethical and legal imperatives, it will not provide any type of information on issues related to its students.”
The current Minister of the Environment claimed for years a degree in Business Administration that he never had, for which reason the ethics commission of the Colorado Party was waiting for his version. After the publication of a note in Search on Thursday, Peña had acknowledged the “mistake” but stated that in 2022 he had finished his degree.
That was also what he had told President Luis Lacalle Pou on Wednesday, to whom he did tell that he had the title. After hearing his explanations, the president decided to support him, Peña said at a press conference.
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