Tabaré Vázquez replaced the commander-in-chief of the army, Guido Manini Ríos

Tabaré Vázquez communicated his decision to Guido Manini Ríos at a meeting held this morning at the presidential residence of Suarez y Reyes, to which the commander in chief left without making any statement. As detailed The country from Uruguay, the relay will be announced in the next hours.

The change comes after Manini Ríos declared not to exclude the right to enter politics and that the rumor of a possible candidacy for the military presidency had begun to circulate. "If, in the future, I understood that the only way to change or to do justice in certain provisions or some laws voted or about to vote in the future adversely affecting the army , I will not give up any way, "said Manini Rios at the radio show Everything goes.

He added: "The Army itself is concerned about certain sectors of society and if tomorrow or later we decide to go into politics, the main thing would be to target the sectors that need concrete policies that help them. to get out of the situation where they are."

The country details that Manini Rios was sanctioned by the government last September when he questioned the Minister of Labor, Ernesto Murro, in the debate on the reform of the "Military Fund", the pension system.. On this occasion, the President ordered 30 days rigorous arrest ordered for breaking the law and for talking about politics.

Vazquez then stated that the sanction resulted from "several situations that at the time deserved a certain type of alert and which stick to the regulations, some, constitutional articles, others".

L & # 39; Observer A few days ago, a group of people close to the commander sought to form a political group under the figure of Manini Rios. The Electoral Court then announced that it had received "a group of citizens" who had registered a party under the name of Socialist Artistic Movement. .

"We are convinced of the importance of recovering our ethical, moral, cultural, educational and social values, of honesty and security, which we are slowly but surely losing over the years," the Uruguayan newspaper said. to members of the movement. which situates "the family" as "base of society" and "initial trainer of the values ​​of the human being".

Portal of Montevideo He added that the decision had taken the military personnel by surprise and that a statement about it was expected.