Senator Manuel José Ossandón referred to the vote that will take place next Monday in the Senate regarding President Boric’s nomination for Ángel Valencia for the position of National Prosecutor to replace the questioned Jorge Abbott.
The Government had communicated to some senators -including Ossandón- that the nominee to head the Public Ministry would be Juan Agustín Meléndez. However, at the last minute, the President appointed the questioned Ángel Valencia. The foregoing generated suspicion in the parliamentarian, who pointed his darts at the UDI and its president, Javier Macaya, due to the unexpected twist.
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Along these lines, Ossandón maintained that “I have no proof that the UDI and Mr. Macaya have negotiated, but I have immense doubts because they always do.” Although he maintains that “there has been no agreement” between RN and the Government, he indicates that “there may have been an agreement with the UDI -something they deny-, but what is happening stinks to me, because RN has nothing what to see”.
In the prelude to next Monday’s vote, Ossandón revealed that “on the issue of votes, (Valencia) is quite similar to Morales, but there is a problem here: the ministers (who) worked with the senators always talked about (Juan Agustín Meléndez) or (Carlos) Palma, Valencia was never named”.
On the other hand, he maintained that if President Boric “had a guideline from the outset, for us (Senate) it is easier. But when he sends his three ministers and at the last minute changes his name on a plane in Valdivia, the problem It’s not from us.”
“Don’t blame us, Mr. President,” concluded Senator Ossandón.
