translated from Spanish: “The Council of Rectors should scratch the pitch”: DC appeals to the Cruch for defense of rector of UC condemned of the Frei case

Even the Council of Rectors of Chilean universities (Cruch) became the Deputy of the democracy Cristiana (DC) Gabriel Silber, along with Vice President Rodrigo Albornoz, to ask the orga NISMO that decision on the sayings of the rector of the Catholic University (UC), Ignacio Sánchez, in order to defend the two doctors and professors of that House of studies by Madrid judge sentenced as accomplices in the murder of Eduardo Frei Montalva.
Sanchez has been in the eye of the hurricane because the Defense has offered the doctors Helmar Rosenberg and Sergio González, professors of the Department of pathological anatomy of the Faculty of medicine UC, both sentenced by Judge Alejandro Madrid in quality of accessories after the fact in the murder of the Uribe. It is worth to recall that it was precisely in this House of studies where irregular autopsy was performed.  By means of a letter published in El Mercurio on 10 February entitled “The UC and the President Frei Montalva”, rector Sánchez stood on the side of the damned in this case: “trust in the complete innocence of our doctors and professors of medicine who were called to work by the team of physicians, all of them of the Frei family trust”.
His statements generated discomfort inside the DC, whereupon his Vice President, Rodrigo Albornoz, declared: “estimate that their statements deviate from the role that must be met in a University. He made his statements as rector, therefore it has involved the Catholic University, which takes responsibility in his sayings on estimating a certain denial to weaken the conviction in a Court of law”.
Albornoz said that “here there is a theme of public faith, there is an institution that has public resources, which is part of a statewide system that should promote and respect human rights. We believe essential to the Council of Rectors to take letters in the topic about the achievements that these statements have had”.
In the same vein, the Deputy Silber – future President of the low House – said that “we want to know if within a University recognized by the State for such purposes is defend people convicted by the justice. Tomorrow another rector or rector Sánchez will use the charge to defend drug traffickers, people who have other types of convictions, passing over the principle of separation of powers. This departs from the regime of what is a State University. This is not a letter of the rector Sánchez personally, he the firm as rector of a University knowing that there is a sentence by a Court of the Republic. The Council of Rectors should scratch the pitch”.
Case Luis Castillo Silber also launched a criticism against President Sebastián Piñera, who sidestepped questions about press queries to Deputy Minister of welfare networks, Luis Castillo, clarifying that it is only concerned of the emergencies.
“We consider a tomadura hair statements. We believe that you can walk and chew gum at the same time. There is an important research of a Court of the Republic making a rebuke to the ethical standard of the Undersecretary Castle and hard for us to understand that the President resist the permanence of the Undersecretary,”questioned the legislator.
It should be noted that Castle was mentioned in the judgment of the Minister Madrid for their “failure” in the case, but from the DC and the Frei family have insisted that, while there is a legal reproach, his departure from the Government would be an “ethical” issue.

Original source in Spanish