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Tonight the Government took stock of the intense day of demonstrations and incidents registered this Sunday in different parts of Chile on the first anniversary of the social outbreak of October 18, 2019.
At one point in the Palacio de La Moneda, the Minister of the Interior, Victor Perez, recognized that “Today there have been demonstrations and those who held them peacefully were able to do so without any difficulty, protected by Carabineros, since the morning “
However, he stressed that “unfortunately minority groups carried out acts of violence inside the demonstration, when the bullies clashed violently and the whole country saw them, and then minority groups sought to carry out vandalism against public and private property.
“All critical infrastructure has been adequately protected and we will continue to protect it, because we are in the middle of the day”, assured the chief of staff, accompanied by the undersecretary of the Interior, Juan Francisco Galli; the general director of the Carabineros, Mario Rozas; and the director of the PDI, Hector Espinosa.
“Thanks to the actions of the Carabineros and the police, we can say today that, despite the attempts of these violent sectors, the Metro network was protected, Transantiago buses were protected, critical infrastructure was protectedTherefore, the daily life of Chileans has not been and will not be altered by these violent groups that want to harm, harm and sow terror in citizens, “he emphasized.
At the same time, Pérez stressed that the burning of two churches in Santiago -of Carabineros and La Asunción- is “an act of brutality that we must strongly condemn.”
“We regret the burning of two churches and maybe in the remainder of this day we will see other acts of violence, but we will confront them “, Held.
“We know that violent groups will try to continue acting, but we will confront them”added.
