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The appointment of former prosecutor Carlos Negro as the next Minister of the Interior generated controversy between Monday and Tuesday. Dr. Negro presented his resignation from the Homicide Prosecutor's Office on Monday morning, after the president-elect, Yamandú Orsi, proposed the appointment to him. According to reports, the future deputy secretary of the Presidency, Jorge Díaz, was key in the selection of this professional for this position. He is a former court prosecutor, who maintains a friendly relationship with Negro and will have a leading role in the coordination of citizen security policies. This link generated distrust in some leaders of the National Party, who point to Díaz as the person ultimately responsible for some information leaks that came from the Prosecutor's Office during this administration. In this sense, for example, the deputy Rodrigo Goñi spoke out. "It is a guarantee for the citizen that the matters that are processed in a criminal court are not used for purposes other than strictly judicial. We called the Court prosecutor to Parliament a number of times and we were very critical. But there is no doubt that the prosecutor knows the subject and we hope that those events that occurred and that we question, criticize and denounce in the general environment of the Prosecutor's Office do not transfer to his role as minister," he said about Negro. Former prosecutor Gabriela Fossati, who also received questions for having resigned from the Prosecutor's Office to dedicate herself to politics, recalled that she denounced at the time the presence of a group of prosecutors close to Díaz who were carrying out a "witch hunt" against her. "When I said it, they denied it. The government let it continue like this, it was lukewarm and left those of us who were not part of the pack alone. They go after everyone," she wrote on her social networks on Monday. But in addition to questions, there was also praise. Yesterday, the coordinator of Focused Strategies for Police Crime Prevention at the Ministry of the Interior, Diego Sanjurjo, highlighted the good relationship that Negro had with him and with Minister Nicolás Martinelli, when he served as prosecutor. “All I can say about him is positive,” he said. “He has been a luxury collaborator from the Prosecutor's Office. He has a knowledge of criminal and penal policy that is very welcome,” said the leader, who pointed out that “it is very important that those who lead the security policy have previous knowledge.” Yesterday Negro and Martinelli coincided at the presentation of the “White Paper on Penitentiary Reform.” Both hugged each other and the current minister wished him a good management. The Political Analysis Table with Eduardo Bottinelli, Antonio Cardarello and Mariana Pomiés. Become a member of this channel to enjoy benefits: https://www.youtube.com/EnPerspectiva... EN PERSPECTIVA is broadcast live from Monday to Friday, from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Radiomundo 1170 AM in Montevideo (Uruguay) and its digital platforms. In addition, the program is broadcast live in HD video on the web: https://www.enperspectiva.uy