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“Going around demanding an apology seems to me to be a somewhat arrogant attitude,” with these words the Minister of the Interior, Víctor Pérez, responded to the president of Colmed, Izkia Siches, who called him to apologize on behalf of the Government, after the complaint against the officials of the San José de Melipilla Hospital was dismissed for alleged discrimination against a police officer.
As mentioned by the Minister of the Interior in a press point held in La Moneda on Saturday afternoon, “when a complaint is made before autonomous bodies, so that those complaints are analyzed and studied, and in some cases those complaints can be credited and in others not, if one demanded that all the people who report and that their reports are not credited to apologize, what we would be doing is inhibiting the subject of the complaint, the complaint is for an independent third party to investigate, to establish the veracity of the facts ”.
“Some always believe that you have to apologize for everything, as a kind of moral superiority, no, those who denounced and that was expressed at that time by Minister Blumel and I, as a senator, also submitted to the decisions of the organizations ”, emphasized the authority.
On the occasion, the minister also referred to the resignation of the Mayor of Coquimbo, Lucía Pinto, after it became known that the prosecution initiated an investigation for alleged fraud to the treasury for 9.8 billion pesos linked to the purchase of a lot of land. “It seems to me that it is a good gesture, and speaks very well of Lucía Pinto, since she has decided to defend herself through civil law and not from the use of her position, and it shows that she was a great mayor and therefore has a transparent attitude ”, he commented.
The Mayor issued a statement on Saturday morning announcing the decision, noting that “because of the deep love I have for my region, which I have always served with dedication, commitment and loyalty, I have made this decision, because she It will allow me to dedicate myself completely to my defense.
Regarding the investigation, Pérez, pointed out that “there is no doubt that the facts that are in a comptroller’s report are careful, serious, and therefore must be clarified and we hope that both the comptroller’s office and the public prosecutor will elucidate it as soon as possible. “, Adding that “As the Ministry of the Interior, as well as the Intendancy of the Coquimbo Region, we are going to provide all the information as soon as possible so that the investigation concludes and the citizens have all the data on that fact that blurs a need of the region that was have hospitals ”.
Finally, regarding the criticism of the electoral strip by the next plebiscite, the authority pointed out that “the strip is a political and public expression and is part of freedom of expression and all messages can be criticized, everyone can have objections, but I believe that the strip is for people to express their wrong opinions or not ”.
“Obviously what the government is looking for and what it promotes is a debate of heights, a content debate, a debate that truly informs Chileans and that is why we have fought and worked for a safe, informed and participatory plebiscite, but criticism without They are undoubtedly part of the democratic game and of freedom of expression and we do not think that we should intervene in it ”, he mentioned.
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