2024-03-19 07:12:45
The Minister of the Interior assured that she cannot go into details because the prosecutor declared the investigation secret and said that the Executive’s concern is that the case does not affect police work.
The Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, admitted this afternoon that The formalization of the general director of the Investigative Police (PDI), Sergio Muñoz Yáñez, worries the Government.
On the occasion, the chief of staff referred to the search of the police chief’s house and office, and stated that “This procedure is carried out in connection with the case led by prosecutor Lorena Parra, who has declared the investigation secret.“.
“For that reason, we cannot provide many details,” said the Secretary of State when speaking to the press at the Congress headquarters in Santiago.
“What we do have to say is that certainly as a Government we are concerned“said Tohá, who emphasized that “we respect the work of the Prosecutor’s Office, which is an autonomous body.”
Tohá: we will try to ensure that the case “does not affect the work of the PDI”
“We believe that it is very important that this investigation be carried out to fully clarify any accusation and act accordingly within the framework of the law,” added the Minister of the Interior.
Carolina Tohá stressed that although it is not up to the Government to intervene in the investigation, it is up to them to take charge “that this situation does not harm police work or the security strategy“.
Regarding the possibility of removing the police chief, the minister said that “The Government is collecting information and we have nothing more to report about it“.