In a context of harsh questions about the permanence of Paula Daza as Undersecretary of Public Health, at the same time that she joins the campaign of presidential candidate José Antonio Kast, the command of the representative of the Republican Party came out to defend the conditions in which a of the highest valued figures of the Government joins the presidential ring.
One of the spokespersons for the command, the former minister Macarena Santelices, said she hoped “that the very act of Dr. Daza is an example so that never again in Chile will any candidate or person who has to do with campaigns benefit at the expense of all Chileans.” .
Santelices lashed out at the opposition candidate, Gabriel Boric, for remaining in office as a deputy of the Republic while competing for La Moneda. He valued the “transparency – of Daza – of giving up his salary and asking for leave without pay, unlike the candidate Gabriel Boric who has been receiving the parliamentary diet for 4 months, the allowances and benefits that all Chileans give to the deputies.”
At the same time, the former president of RN, Mario Desbordes, responded to the criticism and emphasized on his twitter that Daza “has accumulated vacations of years, but if she had asked for a holiday they would criticize her because she is paid. If she had resigned, they would criticize her for leaving the ministry, If she asks for leave without pay, they criticize her the same way. The arrival of this great woman hurt them: welcome Paula Daza! “.
