Uruguay
The National Party referred the adviser convicted of money laundering case to Ethics, and councilman Gómez will request leave
The Political Affairs Committee of the National Party met with Montevideo councilman Gonzalo Gómez after the conviction of one of his advisers. It also recommended accepting Lucio Leiva’s resignation from the party’s youth structure.
The Political Affairs Committee of the National Party met this Sunday with Montevideo councilman Gonzalo Gómez, after the conviction for money laundering of his adviser Pablo Leiva became known, according to Subrayado.
After that meeting, the committee recommended that the matter be referred to the Ethics Committee. It also proposed that the Board accept Lucio Leiva’s resignation as a member of the Departmental Youth Commission. According to party sources cited by Subrayado, Lucio Leiva was also removed as Gómez’s adviser.
Those same sources indicated that Gómez will place himself at the disposal of the party body and will request leave until the situation is clarified. In the committee, the episode was considered of “enormous gravity,” and the need to act diligently in public office and to safeguard the party’s image and track record was stressed.
According to Subrayado, Lucio Leiva is Pablo Leiva’s son and had been released after his arrest in the framework of the investigation into drugs found in the house where they both lived.
The Prosecutor’s Office maintains that the operation was detected on September 16, when a man arrived in a Hyundai Tucson at the home of Pablo and Lucio Leiva, in Pérez Castellanos, and handed over a bag with money. Also according to Subrayado, the accusation states that Pablo Leiva knew the illicit origin of the cash, linked to drug trafficking, and had to enter it into the financial system.
During the search of the home, bundles of money, coins, notebooks with notes and a cellphone were seized. In a bedroom, 27 .22-caliber cartridges and eight 9 mm cartridges were found, while another bag with money was found in a car. The total seized was 2,980,240 pesos, according to that outlet.
When the case became public, Gómez said he was abroad and that he had removed Pablo Leiva.
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