The former director of Ancap for Town meeting, Jose Luis Alonsowho he resigned from office and from the party After criticizing the force’s reaction to the request for the resignation of Housing Minister Irene Moreira, he criticized the leader and lobbyist senator Guido Manini Ríos, and said that it is “a mechanism for the construction of a myth, adorned with caudillismo”, which “It’s very risky for society as a whole.”
“He (Manini) disappointed me”, said the ex-hierarch in an interview with Desayunos Informales (Channel 12). He criticized that the senator treated him as “disloyal”, rebuked him for “having violated the Constitution, not once but twice”and did not give “response to a request for relief” after the deputy Alvaro Perrone said that if he did not resign because of his criticism of the party I was going to denounce him for making political statements in public office.
Alonso resigned from Ancap and Cabildo on May 16, and left a letter harshly criticizing the coalition party that revealed this thursday The Observer. The director of Ancap portrayed Cabildo as “a group where (you have to) tolerate orders out of order”, where the “offline reactions become habit” and where “non-consensual actions” are imposed.
“The lack of concern perceived and suffered, in the small and large details -he points out- recurringly brings to mind the Municipal Cylinderthe one who without the necessary care, ended up imploding”wrote the ex-director lobbyist.
Asked about the “out of order orders”, Alonso explained that these are situations in which “an attempt is made to silence individuals”. “It is used for voting and then they try to prevent it from being spoken. This is what happened to me. Imagine if it happens with someone who has a position, what can happen with the rest of the components”, added.
According to the former member of the Ancap board of directors, there were “three figures” who wanted him “not to give an opinion” on the Moreira case, and one of them It was Manini Rios. Furthermore, they accused him of “disloyalty to the party.”
“I feel that I have been deceived in my good faith by a mechanism for the construction of a myth, adorned with caudillismoand that is very risky for society as a wholefor people like me acted naively and incautiously believing in a model. I am disappointed that I did not have the strength from within to resume that course, which is the one I believed in,” Alonso declared.
The “model”, its flaws, and the threats against Alonso
The former director of Ancap believes that “a very good part” of the Cabildo militants “seeks” to return “to what was initially promoted”: “Keep your word, benefit the underprivileged, do politics in a different way.”
However, he criticized that this last point “it’s very easy to say”but understand that: “We are doing worse, not better.”
Alonso also recounted the different actions in which he disagrees with the party, such as “take action on behalf of a collective” and “use unanimous terms” or the “mechanisms of redouble the bet, to push”.
In addition, the excabildante was shown “strongly disagree” with the mechanism “make threats”: “Both personal threats and the ones I received, as well as threats to groups in society,” he stated in reference to Perrone’s statements.
In this sense, he addressed the Cabildo deputy and told him that “If you consider that there is a serious fault, you have to report it”. “Prove it sir, you have a position in the State. He is at fault with society“, he pointed out.
The chronology of Alonso’s resignation
Alonso recounted how he came to decide his resignation from Ancap and Cabildo Abierto. In the first place, he recalled that when the now issued he questioned the request for the resignation of President Luis Lacalle Pou to Moreira He requested “two interviews” to request the resignation.
However, later “a deputy comes out who, in words pronounced by him, threatens”, in reference to the sayings of Perrone. As he indicated in another interview with Desayunos Informales, Alonso received the call from Manini, who told him that the deputy’s statements were “exclusively” of his personwhich he took as support from the party, but this Friday the former director reported that he also told him that those words were “a free interpretation of a journalist”so he understands that the leader of Cabildo lied to him
Days later the resignation arrived. “The change happens because I have to avoid resigning, because otherwise they say ‘I resign due to pressure’. No way”Alonso explained.
The politician said that He wanted to give a “period of reflection for these people to become aware” of some “procedural errors”, but regretted that this “did not happen”, and ignored that They called him when he resigned from Ancap and the party. “There they do move fast,” he said.
