translated from Spanish: Ossa said opening the Convention was “almost the image of Trump’s Capitol” and defended Parot’s appointment

The Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Juan Jose Ossa, in a conversation with Radio Universo, referred to the call to “surround” the Constitutional Convention on the day of the inauguration and said that “what we saw last Sunday, was almost the image of the Trump capitol and that is a consequence of who makes those invitations.” Ossa blamed the PC and said that from that group “they called to surround it (the Convention), which is practically what happened on Sunday. Let’s put a little perspective, that they condemn the assaults suffered by children who tried to play the national anthem, that they condemn the disrespect and interruptions that occur to those who tried to guide the ceremony.” Appointment of Parot and BudgetThe head of the Presidency rejected the fact that the Convention can administer its own budget and said that for this “we must have powers and for that a legal personality is required. A convention that has no legal personality cannot perform legal acts and it is not that we do not want them to do so.” “In order to obtain legal personality, constitutional reforms have to be made that no longer occurred. If this makes sense: unlike Congress which is a permanent institution (…) the convention that lasts nine months plus three, and that mandate does not have to do with appropriations,” he added. Regarding the appointment of Catalina Parot as technical secretary, replacing Francisco Encina, Juan Jose Ossa maintained that “the convention can have its say, but it cannot decide who represents the executive branch in compliance with a constitutional mandate that it has in front of the Constitution.”

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