Harboe reported death threats after announcing his nomination for the Constituent Convention | National

The senator of the PPD, Felipe Harboe, denounced having received death threats after announcing that he would resign from his post in Congress to run for a position in the Constituent Convention.

Harboe told the Canal 13 program Mesa Central that “in 24 hours I already have two threats of death“, Those that” are already denounced … but it is not the way to relate. “

“The (social) networks are one underworld, the media is another and citizenship is another. When I walk the streets, you see honey, good vibes; there can always be a criticism … but social networks They have become a space not only for relief, for bots, for threats, “he added.

This is because in networks such as Twitter there were a series of criticisms of his announcement, most of which pointed to the fact that the citizens, in the October plebiscite, voted for the Constituent Convention was not made up of a congressmans.

On the subject of threats and the possible pressure that constituents could receive in the middle of their work, Harboe indicated that “the Government and the convention will have to create the conditions for deliberate without threats“.

“What we are at stake in the next constitutional convention is not four years like the presidential election, we are at stake for 40 years of Chile … I think i can be useful“Added the senator about his nomination.