The alleged “offensive” that would be being carried out from the Executive Tower —where the office of the President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou, of course, is— arouses concern in him, which he expressed in a letter he sent to several leaders of the Open Cabildo.
The “offensive” mentioned by Guido Manini Ríos refers to the dissemination of information published by the newspaper The country and mentioned in the program Watchword of Channel 4. These media have revealed a benefit granted by Minister Irene Moreira (wife of Manini Ríos) to a Cabildo Abierto militant who worked close to the senator.
The beneficiary of this change of residence is a woman named Camacho, who worked in Manini’s office in the Senate as one of his commission passes. In April of last year, Camacho asked the Ministry of Housing to change the unit in which he lived for reasons of health and family characteristics. Despite the fact that the Legal Division of the portfolio determined that the change was not appropriate, the minister Moreira decided to enable “by exception” the assignment of a new unit in a Belvedere building.
A militant identified as such? Manini supports the decision
Camacho has been pointed out as Open Town Hall member In a note published by the weekly The morning (medium also related to the Manini Ríos family). His relationship with the political party has generated controversy and has received attention from the media.
The letter written by Guido Manini Ríos was distributed to a select group of leaders within the Cabildo Abierto. Several deputies from the sector have expressed surprise at the content of the letter, which indicates that its dissemination was restricted to a “private” WhatsApp group in which not all legislators participate or are integrated.
In the letter, Manini defends that the benefit granted to Olga Camacho was not a new house, but a change of the unit that already had for more than a decade. In addition, it stands out that the new home is of less value than the previous one.
The senator added that the change was approved due to the request of the beneficiary, who presented “a disability” as an argument to require a house on the ground floor, thus avoiding the accessibility difficulties posed by her old unit.
The senator admitted that the Ministry of Housing had concluded that Camacho was not entitled to the new home as a disabled person. “This report does not prevent that, because it is empty, it is also assigned,” said the senator. In his view, these types of reports “are recommendations that do not bind the administration.” In this case, he added he, “not allowing the change would have been a misuse of available resources”.
