The Minister of Labor and Secretary General of the Communist Party (PCU), Juan Castillo, asked Prosecutor Gilberto Rodríguez to be more "careful" and "prudent" with his public statements.
This Wednesday the 18th, during a press conference, the leader of Uruguayan communism sent a message that was absolutely out of place and inappropriate in a democracy.
Misusing his position as a minister of the Executive Branch, the Secretary General of the PCU told criminal prosecutor Gilberto Rodríguez, who is in charge of investigating the illegal financing of the Communist Party and the massive fraud in Sunca, the construction union always led by the PCU, to remain silent.
Dangerous statement
Castillo sends a message to the prosecutor that can easily be interpreted as pressure.
He doesn't want Prosecutor Rodríguez to speak publicly about the ongoing criminal investigation.
This is not just anyone; this is a government minister who sits next to the President of the Republic.
He took advantage of a press conference full of reporters and photographers to send a message to the prosecutor.
Rodríguez, prosecutor for Economic and Complex Crimes of the 3rd shift, is investigating the diversion of money from the Social Housing Fund for Construction Workers (Fosvoc).
He secured the criminal conviction of Santiago Bernaola, Bruno Bertolio, and Víctor Rivero as co-perpetrators of embezzlement, fraud, conspiracy to commit a crime, and aiding money laundering, with sentences of more than two years in prison.
