First government discharge: Orsi accepted the resignation of Housing Minister Cecilia Cairo

The Minister of Housing and Territorial Ordering of Uruguay, Cecilia Cairo, presented her resignation this Friday after the scandal unleashed by the irregular situation of her home, located in a land that has been listed as vacant for more than two decades. The former official confirmed her decision in a statement published on social networks, where she thanked President Yamandú Orsi for the confidence and expressed that “the places for us are c…

The president said that it is a “resolved issue” and will appoint Tamara Paseyro at the head of the ministry.On Tuesday the usually quiet Tourism Week was shaken after the Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning, Cecilia Cairo, acknowledged that she never regularized the constructions she made on her land, in Pajas Blancas, and that she has not paid the primary tax since 2010. After a first reaction that pointed to explaining the reasons wh…