Constitutional accusation against Pérez: Deputy Carvajal reproaches action during truck stoppage | National



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The Senate room will vote this Monday and until full dispatch, the constitutional indictment against him former Minister of the Interior, Víctor Pérez, amid doubts within the opposition about whether or not to approve the accusatory text.

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10:25 | “Neither the deputies and deputies, nor senators, nor the Public Ministry, have the obligation to ensure the maintenance of public order and citizen security. That is the task of the Minister of the Interior, who did not apply the laws that existed before the situations posed by the blockade of the roads and by the multiple criminal acts that were derived by not acting to restore public order by the government ”, added.

10:21 | “What then did the Ministry of the Interior do during the days of the strike? Did you complain? Did you invoke the State Internal Security Law? What did the Interior Ministry do to ensure the restoration of public order for the majority of citizens affected by the strike? He only limited himself to declaring that it was a peaceful demonstration, despite the fact that all of Chile was observing something very different, ”argued Carvajal.

10:14 | The PPD parliamentarian dedicates her time to defend the accusation against Pérez, in the first chapter regarding the truck stop.

10:06 | Carvajal reproaches Pérez for the arguments presented by his defense regarding his responsibility as Minister of the Interior in public order.

Leonardo Rubilar | UNO Agency

10:00 | Carvajal emphasizes that what is sought is the constitutional responsibility of the former minister, not his criminal responsibility.

09:59 | After the extensive reading of the constitutional accusation, the accusing deputies will begin to present their arguments. Start the deputy PPD, Loreto Carvajal.

09:34 | Secretary Raúl Guzmán reads the accusatory libel against Pérez.

09:32 | Former Minister Víctor Pérez, along with his lawyers, enters the Senate Chamber. He is also accompanied by some ministers, such as La Moneda spokesperson, Jaime Bellolio, and the head of the Segpres, Nicolás Monckeberg.

09:26 | The session begins with the reading of the account of the day by the Secretary of the Senate, Raúl Guzmán.

09:21 | The constitutional indictment seeks to disqualify the former chief of staff from public office for 5 years.

09:19 | This is the fourth constitutional indictment reviewed by the Senate. The first – and so far the only one that has been approved – was against the former Interior Minister, Andrés Chadwick; He was joined by the accusations against Felipe Guevara and Judge Silvana Donoso, libels that were rejected.

Daniela Ruiz-Tagle | RBB

09:17 | Senators will first listen to the Secretary of the Senate Raúl Guzmán, who will read and release the accusatory text against former minister Pérez.

09:15 | After knowing the details of the accusation drawn up by opposition deputies, the senators will proceed to listen – for up to 90 minutes – to the commission of deputies.

09:12 | The Sala session was scheduled to begin at 9 in the morning, however it has been delayed for several minutes.

09:09 | The commission that will defend the libel is made up of the communist deputy Carmen Hertz, the deputy of the PPD Loreto carvajal and deputy PS Marcos Ilabaca.

08:59 | The day is expected to end very late. In general, accusations are voted on in two days, but due to the tight legislative schedule, it was decided to process them in one day.

08:55 | For the accusation to be approved, the votes of the majority of the senators in office are required, who will be able to vote in person and online.

08:51 | Asked by the reports about a possible candidacy for constituent, the former minister ruled out that possibility.

08:50 | “I have the most absolute conviction that this is an accusation that has no foundation, I hope to prove it and without a doubt they as a jury will thoroughly evaluate it. And I am sure that they are going to make a well-founded evaluation and I hope that that well-founded evaluation will prove me right ”, declared Pérez.

08:49 | Upon his arrival in Congress, Víctor Pérez assured that he expects the debate in the Senate to be a good one. “I’m very calm,” he said.

08:40 | Remember that the accusation contains 3 chapters: the first two are related to the laws that were not applied in the midst of the truckers’ strike and indicate that Pérez violated the fundamental right of equality before the law. The third chapter is about the lack of hierarchical control of the former minister, in the incident at Puente Pío Nono, and where there is a police officer accused of throwing a teenager into the bed of the Mapocho River.



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