The Minister of Defense, Mario Overflows, referred today to the acts of violence registered in La Araucanía in recent days.
In conversation with Free Guideline of Network, The Secretary of State ruled out that the Armed Forces deployed in the Araucanía Region are to face the “conflict in Araucanía”, but rather are there in the context of a pandemic. The Secretary of State pointed out, along these lines, that “it is necessary to resume the conversations with the actors in the region.”
In addition, Desbordes addressed the measures that have been taken to deal with cases of corruption within the Armed Forces, pointing out that “they are extremely serious situations that must be studied and punished.”
Thus, he defended the measures taken by his predecessor, Alberto Espina, who “allowed the inspection” by the Comptroller’s Office and added that the minister investigating the cases of reserved expenses, Romy Rutherford, has had access to all the documents of the Armed Forces .AA that you have requested.
Regarding this point, he specified that reserved expenses have been limited and that the military institution has the financial documents in order.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Defense indicated that just as he had stated when he was president of RN, he would be in favor of the “I approve” option in the face of the constitutional plebiscite, but as Secretary of State he cannot “go out to campaign.”
“I think that the majority of those in my sector have their positions taken, but there is no spirit of conflict,” he said regarding the environment in Chile. We are going through the October electoral process.
“This government has to guarantee that this process is carried out in the best way,” he said during the instance.
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