The Broad Front (FA) claimed this Tuesday that the Minister of the Interior, Louis Albert Heberand authorities of his portfolio, “did not expose” in “plan” of which the hierarch spoke days ago to stop the number of homicides that occurred in Uruguay during May. This was expressed by the party in a statement with final conclusions about the appearance of the minister during the call to court in the Chamber of Senators.
The FA understood insufficient the answers because the government team only proposed “specific actions related to the closure of drug sales outlets” and not the “plan” that Heber spoke of when leaving a meeting he had with President Luis Lacalle Pou on May 11 in the Executive Tower.
“Once again the expressions of the Executive Power were characterized by refusing a comprehensive look at violence and por attack the management of the Broad Front and the figure of former minister Eduardo Bonomi,” he said in the senators’ bench statement on Tuesday night.
He added that “situations of violence cannot be addressed with police actions alone, but require solutions”. Also, he added that the minister “ignored the great difference that exists between the electoral promises made and the few results obtained”.
“The minister and the government must take charge of this issue,” the FA stated.
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On the other hand, he expressed: “We have the deepest conviction that public security constitutes a social problem that concerns us all and challenges us all.” And he raised his “willingness to contribute all his ideas and initiatives to address this painful problem that affects our entire society.”
The FA claimed that society suffers a “spread of violence (…) with unfortunate consequences for the future of all Uruguayans” and that “the minister did not recognize either.” is a victim. He did not take responsibility for the improvisation and lack of relevance of his actions and public statements”.
The Senate received Minister Heber on Tuesday as a General Commission, summoned by the FA so that the chief and his work team could provide explanations about his management, about the announced action plan for public security, and about the increase in homicides in recent weeks.
