The conventional and member of the Open Council meeting in the department of Rocha, Manuel Rodríguez, circulated a public letter on social networks in which he showed his annoyance at the breach of political agreements by his party with the National Party at the level department, and assured that the white mayor, Alejo Umpiérrez, has brought hundreds of people to the commune, including 52 positions of trust.
As revealed by the portal Chronicles of the EastIn the public letter, Rodríguez writes: “We declare to our leaders, Senator Guido Manini Ríos, that in Rocha the political coalition agreement prior to the departmental elections is not being complied with. All Rocha knows that more than 200 officials have joined the Departmental Government, of which 52 are positions of trust ”.
And he adds: “Cabildo only has 5 positions and 17% would correspond to it due to the flow of votes. This is not being fulfilled and the departmental leaders of Rocha, some accommodated themselves in one direction and others accommodated their children in public positions and do not follow the mayor, Dr. Alejo Umpierrez, the corresponding positions for fear of losing his chair or that of their children and Due to the health crisis and the lack of employment in the department, many conventional Cabildo are in a bad economic situation”.
Rodríguez concluded by arguing that CA did not remove a single departmental mayor in 2021 “due to political traps and little experience” and hopes that in 2024 “we will not make the same mistake.”
The management of Umpiérrez in the crosshairs
There are already three senior leaders of the white mayor who have been separated from their positions for serious misconduct. The first was the deputy director of Tourism, Juan Calvo, who in January 2021 was fired for renting a tourist complex of his for a clandestine party, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and when mass events were prohibited.
In June, the director of the Office for the Elderly and Disability, Susana Núñez, who publicly defended the repressor and torturer of the dictatorship, José ‘Nino’ Gavazzo, also fell into disgrace: “They helped us to live free from communist dictatorships. He already died. Rest in peace! ‘ Julio Castro and dozens of others and others.
The last Umpiérrez official caught committing an offense was the director of Transit, Claudio Amestoy: a debit card was found inside an ATM and with the account open and, instead of returning it to its owner, he decided to withdraw $ 5,000. This was confirmed in the bank’s security cameras, according to the Rocha Police Chief, Jorge García Montejo.
