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Militants and leaders of the UDI expressed their concern and doubt at the proposal of President Sebastián Piñera to appoint to the judge of the Court of Appeals of Santiago Mario Carroza as a new member of the Supreme Court.
Carroza has been visiting minister in various emblematic human rights causes, such as the “Caravan of Death” case and the investigation into the deaths of Salvador Allende, Pablo Neruda and Alberto Bachelet.
He is also in charge of the investigation into the murder of Senator Jaime Guzmán, a cause in which he convicted the frontman Mauricio Hernández Norambuena to be in prison until the year 2046.
About this designation, the president of the UDI, Jacqueline van RysselbergheHe commented that “in some of his rulings he has said that he tries to generate, modify the current legislation through the creation of jurisprudence and it seems to me that, when the powers of the states lose their limits, democracy is weakened. “
In addition, he indicated that given “the precarious situation” that Chilean democracy currently has. what “The Judicial Power tries to replace the Legislative Power, it is a serious problem.”
Along the same lines, the also senator UDI Ivan Moreira informed that he will vote against the appointment of Carroza, since -he assured- “He is a judge who for decades has politically persecuted and imprisoned thousands of soldiers.”
“I will vote against Carroza as Supreme Minister. La Moneda is wrong once again in proposing it and all because it is up to the left, “said the parliamentarian through his Twitter account.
After this nomination, requires two-thirds of the votes for approval in the Senate.
