Parliamentarians pushing the accusation against Mañalich defend the admissibility of the libel | National



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Deputies and deputies signing the constitutional accusation against former Minister of Health Jaime Mañalich, defended the admissibility of the libel. This, after UDI parliamentarians sent a letter to the Chamber table, arguing that the text was presented after the deadline.

The legislators who entered the action, attacked Chile We are pointing out that They seek to dismiss the accusation by secretariat.

The deputy of Social Convergence, Diego Ibáñez, assured that all the corresponding processes were followed. For his part, the deputy of the Radical Social Democratic party, Marcela Hernando, alluded to the fact that the intention of the UDI is the product of the support that the constitutional accusation has been adding.


The union deputies stated that the constitutional accusation filed against the former head of the Health portfolio is inadmissible, since it is not yet realized in Sala.

They argue that the term of an action of this type begins only when the table informs the hemicycle about it and not when it intervenes at the party office as happened this Sunday.

However, the lawyer and expert in constitutional matters, Jaime Bassa, pointed out that although the regulations of the constitutional organic law indicate that the accusation proceeds when it is presented in the Chamber, the Constitution stipulates that it is through the parties’ office.

The head of the UDI bench, María José Hoffmann, acknowledged that there may be different interpretations of the Constitution. Despite this, he insisted on the idea and suggested that the debate be opened in the Chamber on Tuesday, to analyze the admissibility of the text.

According to the information handled by the National Congress, constitutional accusations are considered admissible when they are filed in the parties’ office, and not when the proceedings begin in the Chamber. Thus, the debate in the Chamber is expected to continue this Tuesday.



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