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The Chamber of Deputies approved requesting the Government removal of former Minister Alberto Espina from the State Defense Council (CDE). The initiative was presented by Deputy Jorge Brito (RD), after it came to light that the Army would have carried out illegal wiretaps to the journalist who revealed the “Milicogate”.
The espionage case would have taken place in the period in which Espina led the Ministry of Defense. “He he concurred on various occasions to the National Congress to affirm that all intelligence operations were in accordance with the law, and especially that Operation W, where the journalist Mauricio Weibel was illegally spied on, was completely adjusted by law, ”said Jorge Brito.
According to a document released by Ciper, the National Army Intelligence Directorate (DINE) would have tricked the Court of Appeals into authorizing the tapping of the reporter’s phone, who revealed the embezzlement within the military institution through the Reserved Copper Law.
Is wiretapping request, known as “Plan W”, was carried out in 2017. In it, Weibel was not named as an object of surveillance, but rather a alleged agent from abroad.
“It is a contradiction that it remains in defense of the interests of the State if, at the same time, has concealed or, deliberately, deceived other powers of the State “added Brito, who posted on Twitter the result of the vote against the former head of the Defense portfolio.
PASSED. Faced with the illegal espionage of journalist Mauricio Weibel, we managed to get the Chamber to condemn all the events, to seek all responsibilities and request the REMOVAL of former Minister Alberto Espina as a member of the State Defense Council. Here I vote: pic.twitter.com/7wcgnvTFFk
– Jorge Brito Deputy ✸ (@jorbritoh) April 1, 2021
In total, they were counted 67 votes in favor of the initiative, 48 against and 14 abstentions on the board of the House.
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