He President Gabriel Boric This Friday morning he referred to the situation of the mayor of Recoleta, Daniel Jadue (PC), who is in preventive detention in the Captain Yáber Penitentiary annex, for the alleged crimes of bribery, treasury fraud, fraud and unfair administration within the framework of the investigation into the operations of Achifarp.
In conversation with CNN Radio, the President reiterated that he trusts “in the work of the Chilean justice system,” stating that “in Chile the institutions work.”
“I can have an opinion regarding the use of preventive detention in recent years in democracy and how it has been used in general terms, I am not going to talk about a specific case, but I believe that the institutions in Chile work and that “There are no judicial political persecutions in our country,” said the head of state.
Boric indicated that both Jadue and any accused authority who is undergoing preventive detention must “defend themselves in court and that is where the arguments must be proven. not attacking the institutions.”
Regarding his relationship with the mayor of Recoleta, the President assured that He has “a good opinion in general of the transformative work that Daniel Jadue carried out in Recoleta and of thinking outside the box.”
However, he assured that he has not spoken with the communal chief in recent times. “We had an activity at the end of last year together, I have had some activities in Recoleta, but I have not had any communication regarding this case. because it seems to me that as President of the Republic I have to be very clear about the independence of the powers and in do not give wrong signals on this“, held.
Along these lines, he specified that he instructed his government “to have a very clear position regarding this, which is that the institutions have to function independently and without any type of pressure.”
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