“I am not going to become a censor of the opinions of others either,” replied the court prosecutor, Juan Gómezbefore the consultation on the declarations Gabriela Fossati who, in interview with The Observerdemanded an “institutional response” from the Prosecutor’s Office on the “overflowing grievances” that he understands he received during the investigation into the former head of presidential custody Alejandro Astesiano.
Gómez affirmed that he saw considerations “in a publication that analyzes the actions of the prosecutor”, but considered that one of the responsibilities is “to put up with the opinions that normally, unfortunately, are not in favor of the actions of any prosecutor.”
In this sense, Fossati said that “in the face of overwhelming grievances, from which manifest ignorance of the rules and the personal effort of the workers arises, it is the head that must put things in the right place, making the clarifications that are necessary”.
“I’m wondering about what are the limits that we must tolerate“, he said in the interview and added that “it is very difficult to work like this“.
For Gómez, the prosecutor Fossati had “the full support of the Prosecutor’s Office”, but considered that “going out to answer grievances” is not possible because the court prosecutor “cannot become a censor”. although, he clarified that he would like the opinions on the work of the prosecutors to be “with another respect.”
On the other hand, the prosecutor stated that she did not have sufficient resources or time for Astesiano’s case to be brought to trial and not end in an abbreviated agreement, something that was finalized last week.
Gómez responded in dialogue with The Observer about this issue:
—Do you think that the Prosecutor’s Office has the resources to face a case like Astesiano’s in an oral trial?
—The Prosecutor’s Office has a highly capable litigation team, which is permanently supporting the actions of the prosecutors, which made itself available to Dr. Fossati and she (acted) in her free technical independence, which we have strictly respected. . I have 14 petitions in progress before the Legislative and Executive Powers, as long as I don’t have them I can’t have them. Neither for Dr. Fossati nor for other colleagues in the interior who are working with additional sacrifice. The Prosecutor’s Office made the scarce resources that she has available to the doctor.
—I ask because Fossati affirms that an oral trial required other resources and times that Fossati affirms that he does not have, Was an oral trial possible for this case?
That’s a question I can’t answer. I don’t know the details of the case. Obviously, if the doctor makes that diagnosis, she will have her reasons, I cannot comment on it. What I can tell you is that she offered her help at the time, if she understood it pertinent, the Litigation Unit was available. But, if a prosecutor does not request the help of the Unit, I cannot dispose.
The condemnation of Astesiano
He former chief of presidential custodians Alexander Astesiano He was sentenced this Wednesday to a sentence of four years and six months in prison for the continued crimes of conjunction of personal and public interest, criminal association, disclosure of secrets and influence peddling for all the causes in which it was investigated.
They also fined him 100 indexable units (about $150,000) and special disqualification from holding public office for four years.
“This agreement implies that an agreement has been reached a general solution of all the facts that are considered to have a criminal nature by the prosecutionbased on his theory of the case,” prosecutor Fossati explained at a press conference.
Astesiano’s lawyer negotiated a abbreviated agreement with justice regarding all the cases that were open. On one hand, the maneuver to falsify documents in order for Russian and Ukrainian citizens to access Uruguayan passports. For another, what refers to the “favors” that police officers did to Astesiano and how he took advantage of his position as head of presidential custody to obtain and share information not related to your task as a guard of Lacalle Pou; something that began to be investigated in parallel as a result of their chats.
