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The Government continues to defend the former Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich, from the constitutional accusation presented by the opposition in the Chamber of Deputies and the criminal investigation against him initiated by the Prosecutor’s Office, for his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile.
In this regard, the government spokesman, Jaime Bellolio, indicated this day that the focus of the Executive will be “not to let ourselves be distracted by complaints or political accusations that seek to harm” La Moneda.
“Regarding the investigation that is being carried out today by the covid, I believe that it is time to maintain that what citizens expect from the Government is that we can concentrate on combating the pandemic and not on complaints or political accusations that divert us from that end, “he said.
The spokesperson also alluded to the request made by the Public Ministry to the Supreme Court to access Mañalich’s emails, after initially refusing and despite the fact that the current Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, ratified that the Minsal will collaborate with the justice system.
“If the Supreme Court demands certain information from us, of course it will be delivered. Let us remember that it was the Ministry of Health itself that requested that the Comptroller do an audit, let us remember that there are three investigative commissions in the Chamber of Deputies and of course, all the information that is public has always been delivered, “he recalled. “Therefore, everything that tries to divert us from the focus that is to fight the pandemic today, is obviously punished by the citizens,” he concluded.
During the weekend, the former minister Mañalich made his disclaimers without making a guilt about his management, stating that after the investigation and the constitutional accusation against him “there is an effort to destroy Piñera’s legacy.”
The version of the Prosecutor’s Office
From the Public Ministry, the eastern metropolitan prosecutor, Manuel Guerra, told Radio Universo that “I know little about the case but I can tell you the following: the Public Ministry is not definitively investigating whether the pandemic was administered well or badly, the Ministry The Public investigates complaints filed by different people against some authorities or former authorities attributing crimes, and when they are declared admissible by the Courts of Justice, it is the duty of the Public Ministry to investigate everything that is related to those facts, both what serves to establish possible responsibilities such as those that serve to discard them, “he said, alluding to the fact that the Public Ministry is investigating based on a complaint filed by the mayor of Recoleta, Daniel Jadue.
Guerra insisted that “I have no doubt that knowing the prosecutor Xavier Armendáriz (head of the North Center), who is a diligent and serious person, who has carried out all the procedures aimed at clarifying the facts and within that, there is the possibility of executing proceedings that, in some way, violate certain private aspects such as the communications of certain people, when they held certain positions and for that, at the time, from what I have learned, a judicial authorization was requested, which was given. “
In that sense, he explained that “there is a special rule that allows the authorities to deny access to this information on grounds of security, and when that occurs, the prosecution can go to the Supreme Court. What happens here is that the system works properly, the prosecution does its job, it is not an expert in health, but it has to see whether or not the factual assumptions contained in the complaints that the Public Ministry must investigate in order to establish how the events occurred and determine whether they are crimes or not “.
“In no case does it mean a politicization of the Public Ministry, as has been indicated, nor does it mean that the Public Ministry interferes in tasks that do not correspond to it. The MP has a constitutional mandate to investigate acts constituting a crime, and in that function it investigates what is He denounces or complains, “he concluded, emphasizing that” I think that more than arguing about the point, it is hopefully making the system work so that the facts are clarified, the truth is determined and as it is said ‘he who does nothing, nothing fear ‘”.
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