Thursday, June 4th 2026 - 15:32 UTC
The controversy stems from the purchase of the vehicle, valued on the market at about 79,000 dollars, which Orsi bought for 54,000 dollars days before taking office
The directorate of Uruguay's Transparency and Public Ethics Board (Jutep) appeared on Thursday before the Chamber of Deputies' Security and Coexistence Commission, amid the controversy over President Yamandú Orsi's purchase of a Hyundai Santa Fe. National Party deputy Pablo Abdala, who requested the summons, accused the body of “political use.”
Abdala said on the social network X that Jutep “is at odds with the National Party” over the conduct of the directors appointed by the government, and argued that the body “is not credible and offers no guarantees,” so that it “serves no one, not even President Orsi.” The lawmaker said he would reiterate his party's complaints and its concern over the handling of the case.
Jutep's board is made up of its president, Ana María Ferraris, and vice president, Alfredo Asti —both from the governing Frente Amplio— along with opposition member Luis Calabria, of the National Party. Ferraris rejected the accusations of politicization: she said she does not represent any party and noted that “when someone doesn't like a Jutep resolution, they say it is politicized.”
