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The same day that the candidate of the Socialist Party, Paula Narvaez, requested the expulsion of the mayor of Cerrillos, Arturo Aguirre, after the complaints of abuse and sexual harassment that Ciper made known against him, the coordinator of Strategic Communications of his command, the sociologist Gonzalo tapia, he left his duties.
The reason? In the team of the former government spokesperson, the alerts were activated after this media began to investigate an alleged complaint of harassment against the sociologist in his time as professor of Public Opinion at the Faculty of Communication and Letters from the Diego Portales University.
Although those who knew about the process affirm that there would be no formal records given that at that time there was no protocol for this type of cases, different sources from the UDP confirm that a student of the Journalism career denounced the then academic of the campus before the secretariat studies from that school.
According to the same sources, the student accused who was Narváez’s advisor in the Segegob of send you a series of messages at “inappropriate times” and with “inappropriate content”. Faced with the complaint, according to university academics, the decision was made to remove him from the functions he performed under an honorarium contract.
From the command they explain that upon learning that a press outlet was investigating the matter on Thursday night, Tapia was consulted about the background, to which he indicated that there was no summary against him and that this would be an unfounded accusation. Despite that, they say close to Nárvaez, the sociologist would have chosen to accelerate his departure, which he had already stipulated regarding professional incompatibilities.
“10 years ago I spoke with the authority who made me see the inadequacy of my communication by messenger with a former student. I have always assumed that I made a mistake in that text exchange on Facebook. I assumed the family and professional cost. I made the corresponding inquiries at that time and in 2015 they told me that there were neither accusations nor a process against me “explained Wall to Third.
Tapia had experience in campaigns and in government work. The sociologist performed advisory tasks for the former Minister of Energy Máximo Pacheco and was part of the team of collaborators in Ricardo Lagos’ campaign. He is also identified for his work with the former DC Marcelo Trivelli, in the Metropolitan Intendency, and during the current Piñera government he has worked at the Ekhos consultancy, where he shared with the former Under Secretary of the Interior Mahmud Aleuy.
Those close to Narváez affirm that beyond the version of his collaborator, he understood that staying on the team of the socialist standard-bearer would be detrimental to her. The former government spokesperson has declared herself a feminist and took an active role in demanding sanctions against the mayor of Cerrillos, who ended up resigning from the PS last night.
