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The attorneys representing the President Sebastián Piñera, to the former Minister of Health Jaime Mañalich -resigned in June- and the undersecretaries Paula Daza (Public Health) and Arturo Zuniga (from Assistance Networks) asked the national prosecutor, Jorge Abad, to remove the persecutor who investigates the four authorities for alleged “act negligent and grave” in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Marcelo carrasco, of the North Central High Complexity Prosecutor’s Office, was appointed three months ago by the Public Ministry to process this case, which was opened after a plea was declared admissible. complaint filed by the mayor of Recoleta, Daniel Jadue (PERSONAL COMPUTER), for the death of 62 residents of the commune during the health crisis.
In the 35-page brief, the communal chief accuses Piñera, Mañalich, Daza and Zúñiga of the authorship of the quasi-felony of homicide and denial of assistance.
As revealed this Monday The Third PM, the defenders Samuel Donoso, Gabriel Zaliasnik and Eduardo Riquelme They appealed to the National Prosecutor’s Office, accusing that in a hearing held on July 23 before the Sixth Guarantee Court of Santiago, the prosecutor Carrasco and his assistant lawyer proffered opinions that would violate the principle of objectivity that should govern in an investigator of the Public Ministry.
“What evidence partial and interested position of the prosecutor in charge in order to tend to the procedural intervention in the investigation of Mr. Jadue and other militants of the Communist Party, is that he pointed out without shame that ‘we are objective, what we cannot do, your honor, is simply (be) neutral in a case like this one, ‘”the lawyers said in their presentation, as quoted by the evening.
“Mr. National Prosecutor, the seriousness of that statement alone warrants access to this request. It is making a dead letter of the principle of objectivity, knowing that there is little or no control that exists in our legal system for this type of infraction, “they added.
The Jorge Abbott’s decision on the application is pending.
Jadue: Impossible that defendants intend to choose prosecutors in their own right
Through his Twitter account, Mayor Jadue considered as “It is unpresentable that the defendants try to choose prosecutors in their own way, ignoring the separation of powers.”
It is unpresentable that the accused intend to choose prosecutors in their own way, ignoring the separation of powers / The onslaught of the defense of Piñera and Mañalich to remove the prosecutor investigating deaths from Covid-19 after Jadue’s complaint – La Tercera https://t.co / WMf3JXfupV
– Daniel Jadue #YoApruebo (@danieljadue) September 7, 2020
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