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He Ministry of Interior reported this afternoon the resignation of the mayor of the Magallanes Region and Chilean Antarctica, José Fernández Dübrock.
The mayor “submitted his resignation from the position he had been exercising since February 13, 2019. The President of the Republic, Sebastian Piñera, accepted the resignation of the former authority and decided to appoint as new mayor to Jennifer Rojas García“Interior said in a statement.
The note details that Rojas will take office tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22, 2020.
The Pdte. @sebastianpinera appointed as new Mayor of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica @IntendenciaM to Jennifer Rojas García ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/UnJo5pTh3q
– Min. Interior Chile (@min_interior) September 21, 2020
While the official statement does not provide details on the reasons for the change of command, this occurs in the middle of the worst moments of the management of the Covid-19 epidemic in the area.
“We had a black September… If you think about the number of cases, no day have we been under 100, several over 200 active cases. But also the number of deaths … we have been with at least one death per day during September“said this morning to Cooperative he Mayor of Punta Arenas, Claudio Radonich.
The regional situation of the crisis already motivated, a month ago, the resignation of the Minister of Health Mariela Rojas, who launched harsh criticism of Minister Enrique Paris.
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Jennifer Rojas is social assistant from the University of Magallanes, has a diploma in Human Resources Management and Direction from the Mariano Egaña University and also a postgraduate degree in Social Mediation of Family Conflicts from the University of Chile.
Between 2012 and 2015, she served as regional director of SENDA Prior to her appointment, she was exercising the position of regional coordinator of public security in Magallanes.
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