translated from Spanish: Repetto’s nomination to the Supreme is tangled: spokeswoman Cecilia Pérez accuses “political pettiness” of the opposition

The nomination of Valparaiso Court of Appeals Judge Maria Angelica Repetto to the Supreme Court is definitely entangled in the Senate, after the opposition expressed qualms about the procedure notified the government that the votes are not in place for approval.
“At this point I do not see that the votes are required,” said Senate President Jaime Quintana, who urged the Government to have a dialogue. “It has been a very complex case because as you know the Government opted for a procedure that is not supported by any opposition senator, an inconsult procedure. This is a nomination involving three state powers, and therefore it is of the essence that there is a lot of dialogue, and so far it has not existed,” said the DPP senator.
The judge requires a minimum of 29 votes, but the problem is that the Executive only has the judges of the official (19 senators). The vote would be next Wednesday or there is the possibility of extending urgency and defining a new date.
“Obviously removing urgency is something that also facilitates dialogue and understanding. It must be considered that in this appointment there was no prior dialogue as established by the Constitution and therefore it seems to us that we must return to the path of dialogue,” Quintana added.
Faced with this opposition stance, the Minister General of Government, Cecilia Pérez, who called on the opposition to analyze the nomination on its merit and not to favor “political interests”.
“Will small politics come back, the pettiness of politics? Are the interests of political parties going to remain above what Chileans need as authorities of the judiciary?” he said.
The spokeswoman added that “Chileans do not understand that if all opposition senators pointed out that the Minister of the Court of Appeals has all the professional, academic and a woman with excellence in what has been her life in the Judiciary , today they are questioning it.”

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