The Minister of Government spokesperson, Camila Vallejo, reaffirmed the position of the Government of President Boric and assured that there are no legal elements that call into question the pardons granted by the President. This, in the midst of the request presented before the Constitutional Court (TC) by Chile Vamos and the Democrats collective to revoke seven of the 13 benefits granted by the head of state.
Specifically, the Secretary of State was emphatic that “as I said the previous Monday on the day of my spokesperson, there is no legal element that calls into question the legality of the pardons.”
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Along the same lines, Vallejo reiterated that “I pointed it out on the same day of the spokesperson at least twice, the Minister of Justice (Luis Cordero) has pointed it out and therefore, the Executive thinks exactly the same about this.” .
On the other hand, the Secretary of State stated that, as Minister Cordero has indicated, “who today is the one dealing with this issue both technically and politically, and that it has been very clear that at the time of having this discussion in the Comptroller and today in the Constitutional Court, and the discussion in purely legal terms”.
“Now then, and as the minister has also pointed out, what he points out and that is in question by the request presented by the opposition is the institutionality of pardons and that is a discussion that leads us to think beyond pardons. of a particular government, but of all governments,” added Vallejo.
In the same way, Vallejo ruled that “that is what is at the bottom of this requirement before the Constitutional Court, which in our opinion is also more political than legal in its argumentation.”
