The head of the bench of UDI deputies, Jorge Alessandriaddressed the removal of Navy Rear Admiral Jorge Parga in the position of head of National Defense for the provinces of Biobío and Arauco in the Biobío region, within the framework of the State of Exception in force in the area.
President Gabriel Boric removed Parga yesterday. This, due to having expressed support in 2021 for the marine Leonard Medinaconvicted of quasi-murder for running over Manuel Rebolledo during the social explosion. Rebolledo died after the impact.
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Regarding the removal, deputy Alessandri told T13 that “is added to the constant errors that we have seen since March 11. We have had an average of three serious errors in the Government, between ministers and undersecretaries.”
“On the morning news, the President said they weren’t going to persecute anyone for their ideas, referring to Hector Llaitul. In the afternoon news he said that they were going to remove from his post an admiral who had expressed himself in defense of his troops who would have gone to another State of Exception, “he added.
“Therefore, AM does not persecute anyone for his ideas, while PM does persecute someone for his ideas and he is removed from his position,” said the legislator.
Along these lines, he pointed to communicational errors by the Executive. “Today the President is adding to a series of communication errors, a lack of messages, inconsistencies in what one minister and another say,” he said.
Following Parga’s removal, the government appointed Navy Rear Admiral Juan Pablo Zuniga Alvayay as the new head of National Defense for the provinces of Biobío and Arauco.
