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President supported the work of Mineduc’s owner, Marcela Cubillos, and said he was confident that the lower house would not bring it to school.
President Sebastián Piñera referred to the constitutional accusation that was presented today by opposition deputies, against the Minister of Education, Marcela Cubillos.Read also: They file disputing constitutional accusations against Education Minister Marcela CubillosPiñera, confident that the Chamber of Deputies will not succeed the prosecution and raised that the action “has no legal basis.”We do not know the specific contents of this indictment, because they have not been publicly disclosed, but I can say one thing: the Minister of Education has done her job, with her responsibility and her work excellently,” the head of state said. Read also: Government said that accusation against Cubillos “weakens our democracy”The Mandatario further said that “a minister cannot be charged for complying with a program of government, which was the program that voted for the majority of Chileans” and that “a minister cannot be charged for strongly and clearly issue their opinions in defence of freedom of teaching.”Read also: Marcela Cubillos: “I am accused of having a different educational agenda than the PS”Minister Cubillos will be notified next Tuesday of the indictment, which will be reviewed by a commission whose members will be known on the same day.
