The RN requests the departure of the commander-in-chief and the PS supports him

Defense Minister Alberto Espina and Commander-in-Chief Ricardo Martínez appear for the second day in a row before the Defense Committee of the Chamber of Deputies.

This in the context of the controversy surrounding the military institution, with the case of five non-commissioned officers who regularly bought weapons and then sold them to drug traffickers.

"We were in a private meeting and with the officers we have a particular language (…) many expressions that I occupied were not I would have occupied them if I did not. had been in a public proceeding, "said General Martinez, although he said he was responsible for the events.

"The first time that an audio file is filtered at a meeting of the commander-in-chief (…) I am totally confident.My officers and NCOs, only one is the one who has fled, he did not honor the military honor, "Martinez concluded.

Despite the support of Defense Minister Albert Espina, General Martinez, MP for Leonidas Romero, asked for his departure "for the good of the army".

However, Socialist MP Marcelo Schilling supported the act. Martínez: "I'm not surprised that the commander-in-chief is catching the attention of his officers, knowing that the Minister of Defense had asked him to take over the irregularities of the army."