Oscar Andrade was accused of using SUNCA's money for his campaign.

The accusations regarding the electoral financing of Óscar Andrade, senator from Frente Amplio and member of the Communist Party (PCU), are not stopping. 

The Social Housing Fund for Construction Workers (FOSVOC), managed by Sunca, is under investigation by the prosecutor's office for the embezzlement of approximately 1,200,000 dollars between February and November 2024, through unauthorized transfers to third-party accounts.

Three former union leaders from Sunca and PCU activists, Santiago Bernaola, Bruno Bertolio, and Víctor Rivero, convicted of crimes such as embezzlement, fraud, and criminal association, testified before the prosecutor's office that both Óscar Andrade and Representative Daniel Diverio, also from PCU, had full knowledge of these fraudulent maneuvers.

Illicit funds

They stated that part of the stolen funds was used to finance the PCU's electoral campaigns, including the 2024 internal and national elections, the 2025 departmental and municipal elections, and the campaign for the plebiscite on social security promoted by PIT-CNT in October 2024.

Criminal prosecutor Gilberto Rodríguez, in charge of the case, confirmed that there are solid indications that part of the money was allocated to PCU and Sunca, illegally.

Andrade and Diverio will almost certainly be summoned to testify as defendants for an "administrative statement," without the initial need to request that parliamentary immunity be lifted.

More accusations against Andrade

This Thursday, June 26, Búsqueda reported that the communist senator received another accusation from one of the convicted individuals.

This individual was part of Sunca and was an activist in PCU, and knows the legislator very well.

It is alleged that he used the workers' money to finance his electoral campaign ahead of the October 2024 elections, where he was running for a Senate seat.

As is known, he was reelected to the position through the Communist Party's list 1001. 

Today he receives about $450,000 per month as a senator, and also enjoys parliamentary immunity.

This former union leader points out that money was taken from the workers to finance the PCU's electoral campaign, and basically referred to boosting Andrade's candidacy for the Senate. 

Prosecutor Rodríguez is the one investigating the case, and if this is proven it would be extremely serious.

A essential political party of the government led by Yamandú Orsi would be using illicit funds from a fund intended for workers' housing to finance its electoral campaign. 

All this with the aggravating factor that, in addition to financing PCU, the intention was to boost Óscar Andrade's candidacy for the Senate. 

Inconsistent explanations

Everything is very murky and obscure. The explanations given by Juan Castillo or Andrade himself do not add up at all and are riddled with contradictions. 

Every time Andrade is asked about the matter, he takes on the role of victim and launches accusations against other actors, such as business chambers or employees of the Construction Fund. 

Shouting, as is his style, he plays the victim and washes his hands as if he were a Martian who doesn't know Sunca.

He was for many years the most prominent union leader of Sunca, and has always been a member of PCU.

He can't feign ignorance and claim he was unaware of the matter when he was the head of the construction union for many years.

Prosecutor Rodríguez must thoroughly investigate the matter, and those responsible must be held accountable, whoever they may be.