Andrés Jouannet, deputy and vice president of Amarillos, described former President Sebastián Piñera as responsible for the weakening of the Carabineros institution: “The one who weakened the Carabineros was not this President, (…) but it was former president Piñera who had four general directors”.
In conversation with Radio Cooperativa, the only parliamentarian representing Amarrillos, referred to the current security situation and how the police institution is doing. In the Diario de Cooperativa, he warned that the current President “made many mistakes -perhaps due to his youthful inexperience- that from time to time continues to show up.” However, he pointed to the former president: “It was former president Piñera who had four general directors.”
The security crisis has brought high political costs to the executive. In this line, Jouannet warns that he always remembers that the one who weakened the Carabineros was Piñera even when “the right does not like to listen to it.” This, because the deputy believes that it is necessary to “take charge of what one did or did not do.”
“It was a president who, if there was a political problem, would take out a general,” Jouannet insisted, pointing to the former RN president. It is that during the Piñera government there were four general directors of the Carabineros: Bruno Villalobos, Hermes Soto, Mario Rozas and Ricardo Yáñez. Although the latter is maintained to this day, the parliamentarian assured that they were events that undoubtedly affected the institution and that it is “the record in general directors during a Government.”
The legislator maintains that during the social outbreak, for example after the murder of Camilo Catrillanca, “a number of Carabineros generals were beheaded, but the Minister of the Interior and another minister were not removed.” Now, he also took advantage of throwing darts at those who are now pro-government supporters. “There was an irresponsible opposition that weakened the Carabineros in a tremendous way,” Jouannet said. He even added the media that also contributed to this, that “they are the ones that influence the public agenda” and, he added, that they should also make a self-criticism.
Regarding how the “security catastrophe” is addressed, says the yellow, it is good news, however, he warns that it was the Executive who was, “in some way, forced to do it and it is not something that he has led.” In addition, he added doubts regarding the efforts made by the powers of the State to face the crisis: “I don’t know if we are going to be up to it.”
