translated from Spanish: Demand departure of Chief of staff of Secretary Ministry of culture the Lakes by referring to Pinochet as a “visionary”

only two days to have been 45 years of the commemoration of the State coup that overthrew the Government of Salvador Allende, continue to generate controversy by the support of certain public figures who have expressed support for the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, is the case of the Deputy Flores and former candidate Presidential José Antonio Kast.
Now the controversy has been moved to the region, after learning that the Chief of staff of the current Secretary of Ministry of culture, is Isidora Hiriart, who would have family ties with Lucía Hiriart, spouse of the late Chilean dictator. But this would not be everything through his Facebook account, Hiriart would have expressed their adherence to the figure of Pinochet, describing it as a “visionary”.
Before this controversy, Gabriela Quezada, Member of democratic revolution and local spokeswoman for the Frente Amplio, critical designation of Hiriart and noted that “we have already seen how this Government tends to relativize human rights, as it did with the designation the former Minister Mauricio Rojas”.
In the same line Quezada added “the least we expect is the output Isidora Hiriart in charge, because a complete lack of criteria, is to have this person in the SEREMI, especially when only a few days ago we have been part of the commemoration of the detainees missing, their families deserve respect and the world of culture and the arts”.
Since Sidarte also expressed their rejection of the position of the seremi of cultures, and through Twitter Hiriart words considered “unacceptable”. 
“It is not possible that a government official to speak in such a way and remain in office. We expect the Government to take the necessary measures,”they added in another message. 
So far, Isidora Hiriart has not referred to the topic.

Original source in Spanish

Related Posts