The Comptroller’s Office instructed the Municipality of Valparaíso to initiate a administrative summary against the municipal secretary and the participants celebrating a birthday in dependencies of the municipal council during working hours that included bottles of whiskey and wine.

In addition, he sent the antecedents to the seremi de salud and the public prosecutor’s office to investigate a possible crime against public health.

In the event The municipal secretary, Mariella Valdés and other officials participated, one week after the beginning of the total quarantine in Valparaíso for the health emergency of covid-19.

The lawyer, Marcelo Pacheco, filed a complaint with the comptroller because said meeting was would have done during working hours, without respecting sanitary measures since they did not have masks or physical distancing and as seen in the photos posted by the attendees, it included bottles of whiskey and wine.

The attorney for the officials involved, Jeannette Bruna, stated that they will evaluate filing an appeal for protection because due process would not have been respected since he assured, they found out about this office from the press.


Meanwhile, through a statement from the municipality of Valparaíso, they indicated that the Comptroller’s Office ordered to instruct the corresponding procedures in order to clarify the facts and determine the possible administrative responsibilities, what will start in the next few days.