The Minister of Justice, Marcela Ríos, and of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, referred to the determination of the Senate that rejected the nomination promoted by the Executive of José Morales as National Prosecutor after not being able to obtain the 33 votes necessary by the Chamber for his appointment .
Despite the fact that he obtained 31 votes, he needed a minimum of 33. He obtained 6 against and 8 abstentions, among which were pro-government senators whom the Executive could not square. For this reason, the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, showed her discontent after the rejection of the letter from the Boric administration.
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Along these lines, the Secretary of State pointed out that “despite the fact that her proposal was rejected today, when the Supreme Court defines a new machine, the criteria will continue to be to find the most appropriate person. For the Executive there is nothing else in Game”.
“It will be necessary to make an evaluation of how to improve, but the important thing is that the Executive did not deviate from seeking to make the system work better,” added the head of the Interior.
Meanwhile, the head of Justice, Marcela Ríos, declared that “we accept and recognize that each senator votes conscientiously representing the interests of their sectors and regions.”
Along these lines, Ríos stated that the process to replace the questioned Jorge Abbott “has been deliberative and transparent, facing the public.”
“We hope as the Executive to continue with the constitutional process. This process continues with the Supreme Court, having to replace the person who has been rejected and the President of the Republic will send a new name to be able to ratify and approve or not by this Senate,” Ríos complemented.
Likewise, the Secretary of State stated that “we want to reiterate the importance of the National Prosecutor’s Office for the country and the justice system, we understand that we have to carry out this process as quickly as possible and we will continue working in every way with the ministers present to strengthen the safety of Chilean men and women”.
With the decision made, as established by the organic law of the Public Ministry, now it is the turn of the Supreme Court to complete the quina proposing a new name to replace Morales. For this, you will have a period of 10 days and, unless it is necessary to call a new contest, the period of the event will be extended to 15 days.
In the same way, President Gabriel Boric and the Senate will have a period of five days to fulfill their respective functions, which translates into proposing a candidate to occupy Abbott’s body and ratify it -or not-.
