What you have to know this Friday in La Tercera: Pérez’s lawyers allege that Carabineros does not depend on his ministry

Last night he entered the Chamber deputies the brief that the lawyers of the Minister of the Interior, Víctor Pérez, prepared to face the constitutional accusation against him.

In one of the chapters According to the accusation, Pérez is accused of not exercising hierarchical control over Carabineros, allowing the uniformed police to have acted “with unnecessary and disproportionate violence,” citing the fall of a teenager into the Mapocho River on October 2.

• However, in the text – to which La Tercera agreed – it is alleged that during a state of catastrophe, in force since March, Carabineros does not depend on the Ministry of the Interior.

“During the term of the state of exception (…), under whose rule the events occurred (…), the security forces and public order are not under the control of the Interior, ”Pérez’s lawyers argue.

In the same text It is pointed out that in a state of catastrophe, the security and order forces are under the control of the heads of the National Defense, and that they depend on the Defense Ministry. Read more of this story.

Almost two and a half years They have happened since in May 2018 Marco Enríquez-Ominami announced his temporary withdrawal from politics, amid the formalizations against him for irregular campaign financing.

But today it seems to be back. In addition to his appearances in the morning (where he began to be invited by the outbreak and the pandemic), the role that the former PRO standard-bearer has had in order for his party to agree primaries with the former Concertación stores, the same as in its Previous presidential raids have been crucified harshly.

• In the opposition they have no doubts that behind this surprising rapprochement of ME-O with the former Concertación hides his intention to go for a fourth presidential candidacy.

And in the PRO they support that the only option for a new ME-O nomination (which in 2017 achieved 5.7% of the votes, after having attracted 10.9% in 2013 and a surprising 20.1% in 2009) is to now achieve the support of the rest of the opposition.

But in the former Concertación They warn that Enríquez-Ominami does not attract adherence among his ranks. And they add another factor that would make a new foray into La Moneda complex. The lawsuits you must face for the OAS and SQM cases. Read more of this story.

If the recommended safeguards are met, such as the use of masks and social distance, Participating in the referendum should not have greater risk for the voters or the board members.

A reassuring exercise: With 44,697 tables for 14.7 million voters, the mathematician and epidemiologist Gabriel Cavada estimates that if voters were distributed equally in the 12 hours that the process lasts, for every 60 minutes 28 people would show up.

• “The figure is better than the crowds and lines that we see in AFP branches or banks,” says Cavada.
• He adds that with 2,983 active cases in the Metropolitan Region, where just over 8 million people live, going to pay represents a lower risk than going to a supermarket to buy.

Inspection: At the entrance to the polling stations there will be identity checks by the Carabineros, to verify eventual non-compliance with medical quarantines due to infections.

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