From the National Renewal bench they asked the Foreign Ministry for a greater degree of thoroughness in the appointment of diplomatic representatives, especially in countries with which Chile has a strategic relationship. This from the problems observed in two specific designations, such as those of Sebastián Depolo, appointed as ambassador of Brazil; and Germán Berger, whose arrival at the Chilean cultural attaché office in Spain generated a controversy that was settled with a reprimand for the consul Jaime Ferraz.
The deputies Catalina del Real and Sofía Cid sent a letter addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonia Urrejola, to correct the problems that have arisen as a result of both appointments. Depolo, for example, has spent more than a hundred days without his credentials having been approved by the government of Jair Bolsonaro.
“On March 22, Sebastián Depolo was appointed as Chile’s ambassador to Brazil. More than a hundred days have passed and to date he has not received the approval of the Brazilian government. It is known that in matters of international relations, it is prudent to wait between 30 and 60 days”, said Sofía Cid, so this wait is a clear message between the lines of Brazilian diplomacy. “In this case, almost four months have already been waited, which represents negligence before our country’s main partner in South America,” Cid said, according to Emol.
Catalina del Real, while referring to the controversy surrounding the arrival of Germán Berger, son of the communist deputy Carmen Hertz, who “arrived at the Chilean consulate in Barcelona, an office exclusively for the public, instead of settling in Madrid Headquarters of the Embassy. Likewise, Del Real and Cid regretted that deputy Hertz was not disqualified both in the request sent weeks ago to Foreign Minister Urrejola and in the motion of censure against her.
