2024-07-18 15:02:41
“The important thing today is that the President of the Republic and the Government support the action of justice and the important thing is that in this case there has been an acquittal and the Government respects the ruling of justice,” he added.
Manuel Monsalve, Undersecretary of the Interior, He referred to the words of father of Sebastián Zamora, who called on President Gabriel Boric to apologize for his remarks in 2020, when he launched harsh attacks against the former policeman, who was acquitted in the so-called Pío Nono case.
On that occasion, Boric indicated on his social networks that “They pushed him straight into the river. We demand Mario Rozas’ resignation now! No more excuses. And a civil commission for structural reform of the Carabineros. This barbarity cannot continue. Enough.”
Asked by the press if the message of the head of State at that time was a mistake, Monsalve said that “it is very important in this matter to return to the moment in which the events occurred, the country was in shock, There were many serious events that occurred in that context, there were many violent images that also occurred in that context and there were also many statements that were made in that context.”
“The important thing today is that the President of the Republic and the Government support the action of justice And the important thing is that in this case there has been an acquittal and the Government respects the court’s ruling,” he added.
Regarding the possible return of Sebastián Zamora to Carabineros, the Undersecretary of the Interior stated that “this is something that needs to be analyzed more carefully. He has been acquitted, I understand that there may still be some steps from the judicial point of view, so in this matter we must always act with caution. We respect the court’s ruling, of course, and I think that this is a matter that will have to be analyzed with the Carabineros of Chile.”