The PPD in the province of Biobío clarified that the formalized mayor of Negrete, Francisco Melo, He no longer belongs to the party, since he left the militancy more than a year ago.

The above, after facing justice for the so-called Led case and where he was left with the precautionary measure of preventive detention after being formalized by the Ñuble prosecutor’s office that is handling the case, the same that ordered the same measure first for the director of the Communal Planning Secretariat (Secplan) of that municipality, David Encina.

The provincial president of the PPD in Biobío, Saul Navarrete, clarified that Francisco Melo left the military in the party more than a year ago and along with regretting what is happening to him, criticized that he has taken political advantage of the invitation made by the senator Felipe Harboe to join the ranks of the PPD and then quietly leave without giving any explanation of the reason he had for making this decision.


Navarrete said that Negrete will not carry candidates for mayor and councilors in the next municipal elections scheduled for April 11, 2021, because precisely, they expected the mayor Francisco Melo as the natural political leader of a commune, to work on that, which he said did not happen.