translated from Spanish: Mrs Hertz describes as ‘scandalous’ request for pardon of Álvaro Corbalán

As a “scandal” the Congresswoman Carmen Hertz (PC) described the possibility of CNI, Álvaro Corbalán, former officer to request Presidential clemency after an eye surgery performed during Wednesday.
“I find it scandalous that one of the nastiest criminals of the era of the dictatorship, such as Álvaro Corbalán, might be pardoned of the appalling crimes he committed. We all know that crimes against humanity are not pardonable. Apart from that, to Corbalán was denied a prison benefit by the Parole Commission, precisely because it has no awareness of the crimes being committed, is not repentant in any way, not has never cooperated with the justice action. It is scandalous and unacceptable that a subject like this intends to be pardoned”, said the Deputy Hertz.
The Parliament added that health reasons referred by Corbalan “must be determined by independent experts. It is not enough to be a problem in the eye so the Lord Corbalán can determine that it is in a terminal State. We have to eradicate all the shows and the lies that have always surrounded the health of these individuals. We know from the Pinochet case, they get sick very timely.”
It should be recalled that Corbalan adds more than 130 years of sentences for crimes committed against the murders of the operation Albania; Tucapel Jiménez; Juan Alegria Mundaca; Paulina Aguirre Tobar; Juan Luis Rivera Matus; Jose Carrasco Tapia; Enzo Muñoz Arevalo; Héctor Sobarzo Núñez; Juan Manuel Varas Silva; among other cases.
“I don’t think that the President intends to put Chile on the sidelines of international obligations. It would be silly, because the crimes against humanity are not pardonable, as the genocide and war crimes is not indultable. It seems to me impossible that the President can access a request of this nature”concluded Mrs Hertz.

Original source in Spanish