The Chilean President announces the departure of the Minister of Justice and the Chief of Staff after the Christmas amnesty crisis

In a brief statement, Gabriel Boric declared that “when situations of these characteristics occur in politics, we must take responsibility.”

EFE/Alberto ValdesMarcela Rios, Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Chile

President ChileAnd Gabriel Burek, announced the resignation of Justice Minister Marcela Rios, after a week of controversy sparked by the pardon of 12 convicts in the 2019 riots and former member of the extremist armed group Front Patriotica Manuel Rodriguez (FPMR). “When situations of this kind occur in politics, we must take responsibility,” said the president. Justice and human rights.” The new minister will be lawyer Luis Cordero Vega, who “will join the government team in the coming days, because he is currently out of the country.” Borik also confirmed the resignation of his chief of staff and chief advisor, Matias Meza Lobihandia.

Both Rios and Meiza Luhandia come from Convergencia Social, a party that defines itself as “feminist, socialist and libertarian” and is part of the AMPLA Front, a coalition of left-wing formations that support the president. This is the second major crisis for the Borik government in just ten months. The first crisis of Borik’s government occurred after the refusal victory in the referendum on changing the constitution on September 4, when two of his closest aides, Minister of the Interior Izekia Seches, and Minister of Relations with the Government, fell. With Congressman Georgio Jackson. Moreover, it meant a more moderate shift to the left, which caused the first splits in the ruling coalition.

* With information from EFE