2024-07-22 08:23:07
Boric announced the Pro-Security Cabinet to address the violent events that have affected the RM in recent days.
President Gabriel Boric heads the so-called Pro-Security Cabinet this morning at La Moneda with various authorities, with the purpose of addressing the crisis affecting the country.
The meeting took place after seven in the morning, after the head of state returned from Paraguay during the night held a meeting with the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, and the Undersecretary, Manuel Monsalve.
To the Cabinet meeting on security at the Government Palace In addition to President Boric, Minister Tohá and Undersecretary Monsalve, the head of National Defense, attended. Maya Fernandez; the Minister of Finance, Mario Marcel; the Undersecretary for Crime Prevention, Eduardo Vergara; the Undersecretary of Defense, Ricardo Montero; the Undersecretary of Justice, Jaime Gajardoand the presidential delegate of the Metropolitan Region, Gonzalo Duran.
“I have summoned them this morning, in advance of the Security Cabinet, to discuss the various measures we have taken in recent months regarding organized crime, and with a strong emphasis on crimes against minors“, said the president at the beginning of the meeting.
Boric indicated that although “some of these measures at the national level have yielded results, but In the Metropolitan Region there is much more to be done“.
“The recognition of the violence that we have seen in particular last weekend It forces us to have the entire State in a sense of urgency and that it cannot hesitate or be intimidated.“, added the president when opening the meeting.
Boric: “We can and must do more”
“I want us to take concrete steps at this meeting. that citizens be informed, because our citizens deserve to live in peace, without fear,” he added.
He then said that “I am convinced that as a Government We can and must do more, together with the police, the prosecutor’s office and the judiciary.“.
He said that “we will review in particular the measures relating to prisons, but also to the governance of security in the Metropolitan Region“.
“I think that in this particular case we have to be very forceful towards the citizens, first, but also towards the criminals: In Chile there will be no impunity, and those who commit crimes will be pursued, found and imprisoned.“, the head of state stated.
Along these lines, he asked the attendees “the highest priority in their portfolios on this issue“.