Less than a month after the Public Account on June 1, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Diego Paulsen (RN) reported that meetings have already been held between the National Congress and La Moneda to agree on the preventive measures that will be implemented in the Hall of Honor when the speech is made in the midst of the health crisis.
According to Emol, Paulsen revealed that one of the meetings reached the consensus that the next Public Account will be “very limited” in which parliamentarians can participate “telematically”.
In that regard, MP RN detailed that “there will be no people in the galleries this year.”
However, he argued that there will be moments of the ceremony that will remain as the presence of the choir of the University of Playa Ancha in charge of singing the national anthem at the beginning of the intervention.
With regard to social distance, Paulsen noted that “we’re going to try to make it a public account that keeps the distances between armchairs and armchairs, forward, back, and sides. And we hope we don’t have a capacity of more than 180 or 170 people, in a space that allows us to comply with the protocols.”
For his part, the head of Senate Protocol, Guillermo Miranda, in conversation with Emol, reported that among the authorities convened are the presidents of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Court, Central Bank, Qualifying Tribunal of Elections, Comptroller General of the Republic and the National Prosecutor.
As long as religious authorities, the Armed Forces, diplomatic corps, are not considered.
Regarding the timing of the speech, Miranda reported that no agreement has yet been reached on this matter, so it is not known whether it will be at a prime time like last year.
With regard to safety, it was noted that all attendees must enter Salon with masks. In addition, in the access, they will be taken the temperature, even President Piñera himself.
For their part, the press will have a minimum of possible accreditations and graphic reporters will only be allowed to circulate through the grandstand where the choir is located.
