The president of the Republic, gabriel boricreferred to the decision made by Chile Vamos not to participate in the security roundtable due to the pardons granted by the President to 13 people (12 convicted of the social outbreak and the ex-frontist, Jorge Mateluna) In the past week. From Brazil – he attended the inauguration of Lula da Silva – he invited the opposition to participate, noting that “Chile cannot continue waiting for politicians to end our fights to be able to have concrete measures”.
Referring in detail to the pardons, the Head of State specified that it is a decision that he made consciously and calmly, since it is an exclusive and excluding attribution of the President. However, he expressed that he sought to make the decision through the Senate, but could not.
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Likewise, he described as a mistake to put into play a short and long-term security agenda due to the exclusive decisions of the President, alluding to Chile Vamos. For the same reason, he invited them to return to the table, since security measures will be sought in which all the actors are invited to have their participation to find a high degree of progress.
“I invite the opposition to leave the small fights not for things that are so relevant to the citizenry; if they want to make political cocks, I urge them not to do so through security discussions,” he closed.
Jorge Mateluna
At the press point, Boric was also asked about the reasons for pardoning the former front member, Jorge Mateluna, accused as one of the perpetrators of an assault on a Santander bank in 2013, perpetrated in the Pudahuel commune. For said crime he was sentenced to 16 years in prison, although he always denied his participation.
The President specified that he was convinced that in Mateluna’s trial there was an irregularity in an evaluation of the evidence that it was not up to the standards of Justice, and that it is not something personal, but that he took into account the opinion of jurists who they have taken the case seriously.
“I am fully convinced of Jorge’s innocence and that is why we have carried out this pardon,” he said.
