Tabaré thrown at the dome of the defense | After the controversy …

The president of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, dismissed yesterday the minister and the deputy minister of defense and the three soldiers who composed the court of honor of the army, among which the commander in recently appointed army chief, José González. The decision of the president intervened two days after the statements of the repressive repressive Jose Gavazzo in which he confessed in front of the court of law to have thrown in the river Negro the body of Tupamaro Roberto Gomensoro, in 1973. The court judged this did not imply a lack of military honor, he sent the decision to the executive, but he did not mention the crime in the report nor informed the ordinary judge of justice.

"I loaded it into the vehicle, I drove the vehicle, I took it to the place, I lowered it, I put it on in a boat, I threw him out of the boat, Gavazzo's confessions extracted from the report of the Uruguayan newspaper El Observador were the cause of the dismissal of the Minister of Defense, Jorge Menéndez; Minister Daniel Montiel, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army appointed ten days ago, José González, Chief of the Defense Staff, Alfredo Erramún, and General Gustavo Fajardo. by these last three, Gavazzo so admits to having disappeared from the body of Gomensoro that he lied to justice.Jorge "Pajarito" Silveira, another former soldier also tried on his honor, also accused him of Be responsible for the death of another inmate of artillery group 1 and the disappearance of Maria Claudia García Iruretagoyena de Gelman, daughter-in-law of Jua n Gelman Silveira accused Gavazzo of not having enough man to take his actions.

Despite confessions and accusations, the military – among them González – understood that the honor of the army had not been affected, the observer said. Moreover, they considered that the fact that Gavazzo and Silveira allowed Colonel Juan Carlos Gómez to remain imprisoned for the murder of Gomensoro, knowing that he was innocent, did not honor the Force.

The minutes of the Court of Honor, dated 2018, was approved by Vázquez and the Deputy Minister of Defense (the portfolio holder held a license), without which the agent be informed of its contents. All the information was there even if the president ignored it. Therefore, on March 12, Vázquez approved the appointment of Gonzalez as head of the army after firing Guido Manini Ríos to this post, precisely for criticizing ordinary justice. "A military officer cited as being the subject of a judicial inquiry is not entitled to due process and is convicted on the basis of inadmissible conjectures or convictions without reliable evidence. , manufactured or manufactured, "said Manini Ríos. The Vázquez government decided that the statements of the army's number one at the time were inconsistent with his position.

In this context, the prosecutor of the Court and Attorney General of the Nation, Jorge Diaz, yesterday announced the appointment of a duty officer to investigate the possible omission of confession of the crime related to the Court of Honor. "We collect all information from an open source and we find that the members of the Court of Honor of the army have been informed of the commission of certain criminal acts and their circumstances", he told the press.

According to the announced official, he sent to the Prosecutor's Office of the 13th Transformation the relevant context of the case, including Article 77 of the Rules of the Armed Forces, which states that when there is knowledge of the existence or presumption of a criminal act must suspend the proceedings and communicate to the far superior, which the prosecutor's office was unaware ;now. "What we do know is that at no time has the Court been informed of this fact and that, given the circumstances, it may be determined in the course of the investigation that not denounce a crime, "said Diaz.

The Attorney General pointed out that, although the actions of the courts of honor are reserved, if the knowledge of a criminal act is established, the superior must be informed. "It seems that everything indicates that a whistleblowing should have occurred.There is a chain of command and, ultimately, who should inform the justice of the peace, he is the superior," he said. he declared.

The Attorney General of Uruguay recalled that his country was under the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which obliges the state to investigate all crimes committed under the dictatorship from 1973 to 1985 and to prosecute them as crimes against humanity and imprescriptible. .

The scandal shatters the government during the election campaign, while the ruling coalition Frente Amplio (FA) proposes a fourth term from 2020. Opposition National Party candidate Luis Lacalle Pou said that even though Vázquez had a political responsibility in the appointment. from González to the head of the army, the decision of the dismissals had been successful. This was also considered by colorado pre-candidate Ernesto Talvi. "Vazquez did what he had to do: he dismissed the minister and deputy minister of defense, the commander-in-chief and the two other members of the Court of Honor who had not felt that Gavazzo's reprehensible behavior had affected the honor of the army, "he tweeted.

The communist candidate for the presidential nomination, Oscar Andrade, had asked Sunday for the dismissal of the army chief. "A commander in chief who supports the monstrosities that have been declared before the Court of Honor can not remain in office," he said on his Twitter account. Yesterday, he expressed his absolute support for the dismissal of members of the court of honor. The favored internal candidate of the Russian Federation, the Mayor of Montevideo, Daniel Martínez, also expressed his support for the decision of Vázquez. "My total and absolute support for the decision of President Tabaré Vázquez To govern, we must have the political courage and the conviction that democracy is defended by acting firmly in difficult times." The struggle for human rights is a permanent struggle, "he tweeted.