Within the framework of the “Icare Meeting: Political Agenda 2022”, the Minister of the Interior, Izkia Siches, referred to the country’s contingency, where one of the main issues addressed in the discussion was the current situation in the area south, especially in La Araucanía.
In this regard, Siches stressed that President Gabriel Boric entrusted them to face all the problems that may arise, no matter how complicated they are to solve.
“The line that the President has given us is that, instead of trying to overcome, it is a government that tries to face the problems, even if they are long-term, deep, difficult and many people have to agree. And that is the work that we are going to start,” he commented.
“That requires not screaming when one speaks of Wallmapu. It is part of the worldview of the people who inhabit a territory and who feel that they have been historically neglected, no one is saying that the territory is going to be completely expropriated. “, he added.
Regarding the withdrawal of the 139 complaints by law of State security, Sichez indicated that this is about “how we make gestures, in criminal matters of prison benefits. Why can there be prison benefits for the entire population that are governed and regulated, but in some cases not?
“If I catch a person next to a crime and it’s in Las Condes, he’s blond and has a last name, nothing happens; if I catch that person in La Pintana and he’s poor, I’ll take him into custody; if I catch him In La Araucanía, I took him into custody, raided his house, grabbed the children and violently an entire community,” he reflected.
“Deep down, we really need to find political solutions for what is happening in the south, otherwise this will continue to grow,” he concluded.
