The former candidate for mayor of Paysandú and former mayor of Quebracho Mario Bandera denied this Monday having used violence against their partnerafter she denounced him for using a blade to cut a plant, the curtains on the windows of his house, he ripped the carpet off the stairs and after a while he walked past her and their three-year-old son with a weapon.
flag was condemned by the Justice for the crimes of aggravated domestic violence and illegal possession of weapons to nine months in prison freely on trial through an abbreviated trial in which he admitted having committed those acts. Neverthelessin dialogue with the portal 25sietegave another version of the story by denying the facts and attribute them to an “internal family”.
“That was not violence, there never was violence”he said in reference to the episode. “It’s a misunderstanding, I didn’t hit anyone or do anything… this was once in seven years of relationship and it’s totally unfairOr,” he insisted.
Without the intention of giving further details, the white leader distanced himself from his violent behavior. “I am not so. They destroyed my private life, professional and work life and politics. The bottom line is this: when you’re in politics you’re a meat grinder“, he pointed..
The case raised the possibility that the Administrative Commission of the Uruguay River (CARU) would remove him from the position he holds in the agency. The Uruguayan delegation will discuss this Tuesday in a meeting about its continuity. Asked about it, Bandera said he did not know the details of the decision, which, he remarked, will not depend on him.
The Broad Front in Paysandú issued a statement last Friday calling for the dismissal of the leader. In the text, the political force expresses its “most emphatic rejection of the acts of gender violence perpetrated by the person involved” and its “solidarity and support for the victims.”
“Bearing in mind the responsibilities assigned to it in CARU and the behavior and conduct that those who hold public office must follow, as well as the country’s own image, which has been damaged, andWe understand that he should cease in the position assigned to him by the national government in that body“, stated the text.
