The mayor of Renaico, Juan Carlos Reinao, referred, in his capacity as community chief and president of the Association of Municipalities with Mapuche Mayors (AMCAM), to the meetings he held with the Government of President Gabriel Boric with the aim of resolving the acts of violence in the area.
The doctor, who in 2013 acknowledged being a member of the Arauco Malleco Coordinator (CAM) at that time, He assured that, although he does not represent the bulk of the Mapuche, as long as it involves “serious and high-level dialogue”, he would be willing to mediate between the Government and groups such as the CAM. “I am available to mediate, as long as it is a responsible dialogue,” he said.
The mayor held meetings in La Moneda in the weeks prior to the presidential visit to La Araucanía. Close to the mayor, they assure that he was at the Palace on Wednesday, November 9, where he would have met the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá (PPD), and the Undersecretary of the same portfolio, Manuel Monsalve (PS). The meeting adds to another that he had with the owner this month, specifically the Wednesday November 2, which was confirmed by sources from the Ministry of the Interior. The reason for his meetings with Secretaries of State has been kept secret for now.
In addition, on Thursday, November 10, the first day of President Gabriel Boric’s tour in La Araucanía, he attended the meeting of the mayors of Malleco with the President, where the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá (PPD), of the General Secretary of the Presidency, Ana Lya Uriarte (PS) and of Public Works, Juan Carlos García (PL).
“Using that phrase or not does not solve a problem in the region of La Araucanía. There are more important things to take care of and it is how we use the State well so that we can live in greater tranquility,” said the community chief regarding the President’s statements on Thursday when he assured that he believes “that there have been acts of a terrorist nature in the region.” .
He affirmed that if the announcements made by the President during the first day of his tour materialize, “a little progress could be made”. many mistakes during these eight months that one has observed, but yesterday at least he tried to talk with groups of people and communal authorities”. In addition, the mayor expressed concern because on his first day in the Boric area he did not refer to the “dialogue with the Mapuche”.
