2024-04-29 12:21:41
Asked about his eventual resignation, Yáñez expressed that “circumstances will dictate when decisions have to be made.”
The general director of the Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez, received a new judicial slam of the door after The Court of Appeals declared inadmissible the appeal for protection that it presented to stop the formalization which will take place on the 7th of August.
As indicated by Yáñez in the action, The Public Ministry “has directed a fierce criminal prosecution against Carabineros in relation to the events that occurred in the country starting on October 18, 2019.”
According to the defense of the highest head of the institution, the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office “have resulted in hundreds and thousands of criminal prosecutions against its officials, which after almost five years after the events occurred have determined the existence of only 45 condemned police officers.”
But these arguments were not accepted by the appeal court, which considered that The background information presented by Ricardo Yáñez cannot be considered a complaint.
Ricardo Yáñez adds another judicial door slam
The rejection of the Court of Appeals to the appeal for protection presented by Ricardo Yáñez to avoid being formalized for the omissive crime of illegitimate coercion resulting in serious injuries and homicide, within the framework of the social outbreak, It adds to what was experienced in the Constitutional Court.
In this situation, the eventual departure of Yáñez from Carabineros continues to gain strengthprotected by the so-called Tohá criterion, which urges those charged with various crimes to leave their positions so as not to affect the work of the institutions.
In fact, press reports indicate that he will present his resignation after Carabinero Day, which is celebrated this Saturday, April 27.
Regarding his future, General Director Ricardo Yáñez limited himself to declaring that “my position constitutionally ends in the month of November. It is a position that is of absolute confidence to the President of the Republic and obviously the circumstances and moments will dictate the timing of when decisions have to be made.”