translated from Spanish: Deputy Celis lay van Rysselberghe for criticism of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in defence of Salaberry

Deputy Andrés Celis (RN) stated that UDI President Jacqueline van Rysselberghe should apologise for her controversial sayings regarding the Public Prosecutor’s Office.This after the senator noted that “the Prosecutor’s Office appears as an armed arm left,” after an ex officio investigation was opened against the Undersecretary of Regional Development, Felipe Salaberry (UDI), for an alleged trafficking in influence. Salaberry was accused of violating the Transit Act by passing three red lights in Uñoa and insulting a citizen security official in the commune. In addition, he would have asked his sister, Iris Salaberry, a civil servant of the municipality, to intercede to avoid being infractional. The parliamentarian said that “the sayings are a lack of restraint” and “put the Government in an absolutely uncomfortable situation.” Celis added that “it can’t be that the UDI president points out that the Prosecution’s is the armed arm of the left, I think he owes her excuses and apologies for this lack of restraint in her statements.” I respectfully ask the National Prosecutor, Jorge Abbott, to make a public statement in the face of the expressions of the UDI president because he refers to the morale and ethics of an institution that must be defended,” said lawmaker RN. Celis said: “The situation of the Government is absolutely uncomfortable. We have to think about protecting him, that’s the line to be taken. Regardless of the existence and guarantee of the presumption of innocence and due process, here is a concrete fact, a part was carried out to whom the undersecretary’s vehicle was driven.” There could be an absolutely personal reason, containing sensitive data on Salaberry’s private life, but that will have to be resolved by the Court on its merit. This is doing a regrettable damage to the image and credibility of the Government, so I hope that it will be transparent to know promptly what the final decision of La Moneda will be or that Salaberry is one step aside,” the Member said.

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