Uruguay
National Party Removes the Son of Gonzalo Gómez’s Convicted Adviser and Will Review the Case in Its Executive Committee
The National Party’s internal debate added new decisions after the conviction of an adviser to the Montevideo councilor. According to El País, Lucio Leiva left his post at the Junta and also resigned from the departmental youth committee.
The National Party began handling within its internal ranks the political consequences of the case that opened after the conviction of Pablo Leiva, adviser to National Party councilor Gonzalo Gómez in the Montevideo Departmental Board, for money laundering and internal trafficking of ammunition, El País reported.
According to that outlet, one of the pending issues was the situation of Lucio Leiva, the convicted man’s son, who also served as an adviser. Although Gómez initially kept him in the post, he ultimately decided to end his employment. According to El País, the person involved had already asked to sever the employment relationship.
In addition, Lucio Leiva resigned as a member of the Montevideo departmental youth committee, again according to El País.
On Saturday, the president of the National Party executive committee, Álvaro Delgado, met with Gómez. The following day, the political affairs committee met and decided to instruct the ethics committee to receive the Montevideo councilor. In the resolution cited by El País, it was noted that Gómez made himself available to his party to provide explanations.
The political affairs committee considered it of “enormous gravity” that a person convicted of drug trafficking had gained access to a political trust position. It also held that prior ignorance of that situation does not exempt leaders from acting diligently in public office and safeguarding the image of the political force.
According to the resolution released by El País, the party body also warned about the advance of organized crime and drug trafficking as a threat to the political system, institutions and democracy, and expressed confidence in the actions of the Judiciary and the Prosecutor’s Office.
The case will be considered at the next meeting of the executive committee, scheduled for Monday, October 5, El País reported. That review will focus on the situation involving Gómez, Pablo Leiva and Lucio Leiva, while public accusations about an alleged link to a collection office in the name of Jorge Gandini’s wife remain outside that resolution, a connection the leader has denied in public appearances.
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About this note. Written by El Notero with the assistance of artificial intelligence, based on what was published by the cited outlet. El Notero did not conduct its own reporting on this event.
