The union leader and president of the PIT-CNT, Marcelo Abdala, must comply with 15 days of community work after crashing drunkas reported to El Observador by the judge in the case, Jorge Pírez.
“We came with a collaborative attitude and we are going to comply with what the judge has ruled of fouls,” said Abdala at a press conference.
The ruling is based on article 365 of the Penal Code, which states, in number 3, that anyone who “drives motor vehicles in a serious state of intoxication with blood alcohol levels greater than 1.2 grams per liter” will be punished with sentence of 7 to 30 days in prison.
Abdala’s responsibility is “attenuated” because it is primary and because of the confession of the facts, according to the ruling he agreed to The Observer.
Abdala crashed drunk on the afternoon of Friday the 4th on the Punta Carretas boulevard, and testified at the 5th Police Section. His spirometry was positive, with 1.53 grams of alcohol in his blood.
It happened while he was driving his car on Bulevar Artigas avenue almost García Cortinas. The union leader collided with two parked vehicles, and he was detained by the police.
Abdala apologized and explained that he had ingested alcohol. “Yesterday I ate some things and slept little. I got up to work at five in the morning and well, it looks like that was there. But I take charge, “she said, in dialogue with Telenoche at the time.
After the ruling, the union leader said he felt “shame, sadness and tranquility.” “I am going to try that the issues that we are going to do have a positive impact on society. For me it is a closed issue“He declared at a press conference.
The leader of the metallurgical union took leave from the presidency of the trade union center without a fixed date of return.
