Segpres Minister Giorgio Jackson defended the so-called “intermediate state” that the Government of President Gabriel Boric seeks to decree in the southern part of the country, as a measure to combat violence, as requested by truckers and forestry workers.
“It will be possible to understand at the moment in which we present the articles the significant differences that were voted on at the time,” commented the authority, in the midst of the debate opened by the criticism and support that the initiative that seeks to allow the deployment has received. of the Armed Forces for the exclusive protection of routes.
As mentioned by the minister, the breadth of the powers to be able to invoke this new state is one of the differences, clarifying that it will be very specific, pointing out that “in no way is any fundamental right violated.”
“It is the need to have a constitutional tool that allows us to ensure free transit and also security on the routes of our country, especially on the routes that are critical for the supply and transportation of people,” said the minister. .
According to Jackson, it is necessary to seek coordination with the ruling parliamentarians: “Here there is a complex issue that must be taken care of, that as a government we have the role of governing and guaranteeing, not only that the rule of law is complied with, but also of have the tools with the greatest possible counterweight to be able to exercise that authority,” he said, adding that “we hope in the parliamentary process to convince and persuade with arguments.”
No pardon votes
Jackson also referred to the project that seeks to pardon those detained during the social outbreak. In this regard, she said that it is difficult for it to be approved.
“Given that the project that began as a parliamentary motion here in the Senate, apparently, does not have the votes, it is that other alternatives are being explored that allow us to address the problem of people who are deprived of their liberty, many times without having received a trial to this day,” the authority said.
