The members of the Constitution Commission of the Chamber of Senators have unanimously decided to reject the request for impeachment presented by the council members of the coalition against the mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse.
At the end of October 2022, the Montevideo Departmental Board approved, solely with the support of representatives of the multicolor coalition who opposes at the departmental level, initiate a political trial against Cosse.
The opposition took this measure due to what it considered a lack of response from the mayor, who did not attend the last call made by the councilors to address the responses provided by the administration regarding requests for information.
At that time, the opposition councilors they accused Cosse of “evading all control mechanisms” since he assumed the Mayorship of Montevideo, and to lie when affirming in a press conference that 100% of the requests had been answered.
According to press reports, the approved text consists of a single article that establishes: “In view of resolution No. 14,247 of the Montevideo Departmental Board, communicated through note No. 04278, dated October 26, 2022, the The Chamber of Senators resolves to declare that no grounds have been found to proceed with the dismissal of the Mayor of Montevideo, engineer Carolina Cosse, in accordance with the provisions of articles 93, 102, 103 and 296 of the Constitution of the Republic”.
