Álvaro Danza was appointed last March as president of the State Health Services Administration (ASSE) by Cristina Lustemberg, the Minister of Public Health.
Danza has faced significant criticism for continuing to work as a physician at two private mutual societies (Asociación Española and Médica Uruguaya) while holding the presidency of ASSE, which is completely unconstitutional.
This clearly violates Article 200 of the Constitution and Article 9 of Law 18.161, which prohibit directors of public entities such as ASSE from participating in private activities directly or indirectly related to their public role.
There is precedent
There are conflicts of interest and previous cases, such as the resignation of Baltasar Aguilar in 2008 for similar reasons. This occurred during Vázquez's first government.
It is clear that the situation is unsustainable, and Álvaro Danza must be fired or must resign.
He is violating the Constitution blatantly and this can't be tolerated under any circumstances.
Other cases from Orsi's government
It is worth recalling the cases of then Minister of Housing Cecilia Cairo, who, along with her entire family, had her residence undeclared and on irregular land, a situation that persisted for more than 30 years.
