The undersecretary general of the Presidency, Máximo Pavez, said that the steps taken to carry out the raid carried out by the Gope of the headquarters of the Comunes party -with regard to the case of the millionaire ballots in the campaign for the Governor of Karina Oliva- “are not actions that are coordinated from the government. “
In conversation with 24 hours, Pavez affirmed that “we have to understand that the Public Ministry has the legal power to order the collaboration of the police, therefore, these are not actions that are coordinated by the government. I, personally, do not know if the Ministry had information of the Interior regarding this or other investigations, but here the important thing is that the Public Ministry has the constitutional autonomy to be able to investigate. “
Regarding the way in which the raid was carried out, breaking locks and entering with shields and weapons, he pointed out that “we are in the presence of an open investigation regarding alleged electoral fraud in the field of the surrender of campaign expenses, and the Public Ministry, ex officio, that is, with the sole will and known antecedents, he opened an investigation. In our country, the Prosecutor’s Office has the constitutional mission of directing the criminal investigation, and therefore, disposing of the police so that it is and is can fulfill the purposes of the procedure “.
“We as a government believe that we have to respect the autonomy of the Public Ministry. If it is believed that there is a procedure that they did not carry out in accordance with the law, they will have to discuss it with the forces of order that collaborate with the investigation,” he added.
Regarding the offices that parliamentarians could send to the Executive to confirm that the Ministry of the Interior was not aware of this operation, Pavez stated that “both the Investigative Police and the Carabineros can be assisted, and in this area, obviously we will respond to all the questions of any parliamentarian, within the scope of their oversight powers that they want to ask the government. There we will answer whatever needs to be answered. “
