translated from Spanish: National Prosecutor: “It is not possible to continue without Carabineros having major modifications”

In a conversation through the social networks of the Prosecutor’s Office, national prosecutor Jorge Abbott delve defunded in his impression of the situation of Carabineros, after this day participated in the meeting of the reform commission to the institution.
“It is not possible to continue without Carabineros having major modifications, because he has demonstrated, both in his internal administration and in the treatment of the safeguarding of public order, deficiencies that are very obvious and that need to be addressed“the national prosecutor said.
In addition, the national prosecutor said that “it is a very valuable institution for the Republic and therefore it is necessary that all changes can be made very quickly”.
Regarding threats against prosecutor Ximena Chong, which led him to contact the interior minister, after a Carabineros lieutenant was controlled near the persecutor’s home, the national prosecutor said the investigation will be “whoever falls, including people from the institution itself. Nobody’s above the law here, and we don’t get out of it. We are going to try to get to the end because we find this behavior absolutely unacceptable.”
Prior to institutional dialogue, Abbott had briefly referred to the situation on the way out of the reform committee’s quotation. “It is imperative that prosecutors have the security to carry out their duties. We have made present (to the government) the need to comply with security to do its job,” he said.
On his dialogue with the Executive on this issue, the national prosecutor said that “we have had conversations, we have been given backgrounds.”
“What we expect are concrete future action,” Abbott said, on the government’s response.



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