translated from Spanish: Government filed complaints over the State Security Act and attributed violence to organized groups

Interior Minister Andrés Chadwick reported that the government filed complaints over the State Security Act, following the day of demonstrations on Friday, against the hike in the ticket fare of the Transatiago.El secret State Aryan said that “we want to strongly condemn the acts of violence and vandalism that have occurred today in the Santiago Metro. They are acts of vandalism that are organized and executed by organized groups that have caused enormous, very serious damage to our public transport.” “We have invoked the LSE for those who are responsible for causing damage to the Metro’s property, while at the same time preventing the Metro from normally operating.” To this end, we have filed the complaints for LSE which is a law that establishes very severe penalties for those who are responsible for these acts,” the secretary of state said.The minister further said that “we will continue to present these complaints to any fact that possible to generate public violence, damage the goods of our public services, or may impede the normal functioning of the Metro or public transport.” These are moments of definition, of decisions, and I would like to call on our compatriots to unite against violence, vandalism and work together for the calmness and public order and normal development of our lives. we may have differences, but we have learned that they must be resolved in the ways of democracy,” he added.

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