translated from Spanish: President of the CPLT for controversy with Mayor of Mustardl: “All the authorities must comply strictly with the principle of probity”

Concern expressed the newly elected President D The Council for transparency, Jorge Jaraquemada Robles, after being consulted for participation in a film financed with municipal resources by the mayor of the municipality of San Francisco de mustardl, Sergio Medel and Alderman Wildo Ibarra.
Jaraquemada commented that this is a “worrying” situation, because it affects the credibility of institutions that “are the gateway that citizens have” – in their relationship with the state-, “so their perception of closeness is very high.” The holder of transparency said that in the case of the mayor of San Francisco de Mustardl could be faced with “an eventual conflict of interest”, which in the opinion of the Council’s maximum representative would “against the logic that all authorities must comply Strictly with the principle of probity, and the principle of probity to what we call, to abstain in situations where there may be certain conditions that make us act in an impartial way.
The representative of the Council explained that in this case it is the Comptroller General of the Republic the entity that must elucidate the existence of a conflict of interest, but noted that “when these issues are massive and begin to generalise, it is undermining the Credibility of the institutions and that, finally, what it is doing is weakening people’s behaviour towards democracy and, obviously, that is an issue that should concern all of us. ”
Consulted on the eventual electoral propaganda that could constitute the film and its trailer, the president of CPLT emphasized that although “it is a difficult situation to determine” and that “requires a detailed review”, emphasized that: “There is a specific institution that It is the call to speak in this kind of situations that is the Electoral service. ”
He added that the Servel is that “it will have to determine whether there was or could be considered that there was this propaganda intention. And in that case it may apply the appropriate penalties, which in this case is the withdrawal of such propaganda and, on the other hand, eventual fines. ”
Finally, regarding the impact this type of situations generates in the municipalities at the national level, Jaraquemada stressed that: “Municipalities are the step that is missing to advance in greater transparency in Chile.”

Original source in Spanish