The appointment of the new provincial governor of Iquique generated controversy in that area, Because the now new designated authority has court cases for workplace and sexual harassment since 2018.
The Regional Government of Tarapacá reported this day that – due to the compliance of the legal deadline for resignations of authorities who want to participate in the next electoral cycle – the President of the Republic accepted the resignations of the relevant authorities.
Likewise, the highest authority has arranged appointments. In that sense, in the Province of Iquique, the now former Governor Álvaro Jofré resigned and in his position he was appointed, during the day this Friday the commercial engineer Rodrigo Guagama.
The nomination has generated a series of criticisms in the regional political world and also from feminist groups, since there have been lawsuits against him for workplace harassment and sexual harassment since 2018 in the courts of the region.
