The Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency (Segpres), Giorgio Jackson, apologized to those affected by his statements issued, in which he distanced the Government of President Gabriel Boric from the generation “that preceded them”, and became a new apology from the Palacio de La Moneda in less than a week, after the Minister of the Interior, Izkia Siches, apologized to the deputies for telling them that they had “hit each other on the head.”
Added to the two previous cases are the statements of the Minister of Economy, Nicolás Grau, who apologized to the owners of the premises near Plaza Baquedano and its surroundings affected by the repeated demonstrations in the “ground zero” of the social outbreak since October 2019 to date.
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In seven days the ministers Jackson, Siches, and Grau have had to apologize for their statements. Given this, the Minister for Women, Antonia Orellana, maintained that “our path of change does not stop due to one or another unfortunate declaration,” detracting from the drama of La Moneda’s criticisms and laments.
in conversation with The Mercury, Minister Orellana specified that in recent days not only have the ministers sincerely apologized for some mistake, but also “we have been working as a government, with a marked agenda and taking steps for the changes that we proposed to the country.” In that sense, the Secretary of State assured that “this does not stop due to one or another unfortunate statement.”
In his opinion, “what profoundly damages public faith and people’s trust are acts of corruption and the feeling that those who make decisions are not empathic with people’s reality.” The head of the Women and Gender Equity portfolio stated that “whoever wants to see self-criticism and the will to advance as a problem of authority, I think they are not in tune with the reasons that led us to have a constitutional process” .
Asked specifically about the statements made by her Segpres counterpart, Minister Orellana stated that “I don’t think there are different scales per generation.”
“I think it’s a mistake to attribute differences to age. In two government coalitions that are so broad, there will always be political differences and I think it’s good to play down the debate,” he concluded.
Minister Orellana ruled out problems within the government coalition, as a result of the controversies. The member of the political committee, responding to the statements made by Senator Insulza and Deputy Soto, said that “tango is danced by two.”
“At no time has the will to attend the same table failed on the part of the two coalitions, and I see that every Monday. I understand the anger of Senator Insulza or others who felt attacked because of their age and history, but this impasse is over,” he closed.
