The senator of Popular Participation Movement (MPP), Bettiana Diazconsidered that the discount of US$ 25 thousand that President Yamandú Orsi received days before taking office for the purchase of a van high end He started from a “private decision” and defended that the government did not incur a “lack of transparency.”
In interview with A Whole Theme (TUT) from El Observador streaming, Díaz argued that the president of the Republic “you have to move in a safe vehicle“Then you can question whether that truck or another, that depends on the consumer’s taste.”
“I think he took advantage of a discount, yeah“, considered the legislator and affirmed that the statements or communications that point to a lack of transparency by the government are wrong, because ““There was no concealment.”
“The president made a sworn statement that allows access to the data and even when there is some doubt about the financing of this vehicle, present the invoice“said the senator.
Asked if she thought the discount had been good, Díaz responded: “You can argue if it was good or bad. (…) This is intended to be generated as an act of corruption or lack of transparency. There was no lack of transparency because it was done based on the sworn statement“.
He also added that, in this case, “there is no use of public resources“and the discount”It is a decision of the dealership“.
In summary, Díaz said he did not believe that it was a “mistake” for Orsi to accept the discount. “It is true that, with Monday’s newspaper, one can say many things. It was a private decision to give the president a discount privately.. “It triggers this and it seems to me that we have to lower the ball a little bit in terms of the level of accusations that are made.”
Orsi received a discount of US$ 25 thousand dollars in the purchase of a Hyundai Santa Fe truck whose listed value at that time—in February 2025— It was close to US$ 80 thousandaccording to the invoice from the Oliva automotive company sent by the Presidency to the program This is how it goes.
In the operation, Orsi delivered a previous 2020 truck and paid the difference via bank transfer.
A few days later, for the inauguration of the March 1, 2025the president paraded in a Hyundai brand electric car (Ioniq model) which, according to the explanation of the Foreign Ministry (in charge of organizing the transfer, through its Protocol division), was the the only one that met the size requirements to carry Orsi and Vice President Carolina Cosse.
