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He DC deputy Iván Flores accused that “their cañuelas trembled” to the parliamentarians who they abstained from voting of this day for the constitutional indictment against the former Minister of Health Jaime Mañalich, for his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic while he was in office.
Flores, who was part of the libel review commission and voted in favor in that instance and also this day, pointed to the deputies Pepe Auth (Independent), Loreto Carvajal (PPD), Pablo Lorenzini (independent-ex DC), Fernando Meza (PR), Gabriel silver (DC), Jaime Tohá (PS) and Daniel Verdessi (DC), who abstained.
Meanwhile, from the opposition, the deputies Jorge Sabag (DC) and Pedro Velásquez (independent) rejected the libel, that did not obtain the necessary votes to advance to the Senate.
Due to this, the constitutional accusation against Mañalich, which needed 78 favorable votes, was rejected in the Lower House by 73 votes against, 71 in favor and seven abstentions. Now he will advance to the Senate.
⭕️ NOW | With 71 votes in favor, 73 against and 7 abstentions, the Chamber rejects the #constitutional accusation against the former minister @jmanalich. pic.twitter.com/SjsXVxet1Z
– Deputies and Deputies of Chile (@Camara_cl) October 13, 2020
“When there is strong opposition, governments are obliged to hit the mark. When the opposition weakens, the The government does what it wants and that is what is happening to us and we vote in abstention: neither chicha nor limoná (sic)“Flores said.
“We have people whose cañuelas tremble for different reasons … Then go study, if you have doubts!“, he said energetically.
Pepe Auth He defended himself and maintained: “The Chilean thing (the handling of the pandemic) is a public policy debate and disagreement with a management style, it does not give to charge Mañalich the deceased and disable him for 5 years.”
The accusations, in his opinion, are “a poor substitute for the unity of the Opposition, which must be sought around common proposals and candidatures “.
Disabling a former minister for 5 years is a poor substitute for the unity of the Opposition, which must be sought around common proposals and candidacies that represent everyone. Converting Chile’s strategy against the Pandemic into a matter of political division is nonsense.
– Pepe Auth (@pepe_auth) October 13, 2020
The deputy Claudia mix (Comunes), promoter of the constitutional accusation, exhorted affirmed: “We have reconfirmed that thesis of mistrust, we are not capable of being in tune with the abandonment and the pain of the people “.
“Today what this Congress has done is to be on the side of a former minister who hides data,” he said.
RN: “The Chamber gave a sample of a republican task”
He deputy RN Leopoldo Pérez, for his part, he valued the result of the vote and maintained that “this House of Representatives so vilified, so badly valued lately, today gave a sample of an important republican task.”
According to the parliamentarian, this will serve to “rebuild (legislative work) before citizens” and credibility “by believing in their representatives, (which) is not an easy task.”
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