The Minister of the Interior, Carolina Toháattended this Monday the Investigative Commission of the Monsalve Case in Congress, an occasion in which he reviewed the chronology of events that led to the resignation of the former undersecretary, today preventive detention accused of completed rape and sexual abuse. And although he made mea culpa and assumed that Monsalve should have been removed at least a day earlier, the opposition still He asked for his resignation due to his “political responsibility” in the facts that are attributed to whoever was his direct subordinate.
Asked about the delay of two days of the Government in asking the former socialist militant to resign, Tohá maintained that “until the departure was caused (…) the Government was doing a series of things. First of all, know the situation of the victim; confirm if you actually work in the ministry; where he worked; knowing that he had a license; which was very “It was important to realize that some previous things had happened that we did not know,” explained, as recorded BioBíochile.
He also explained that the decision to ask Monsalve to resign was made “from the first moment”, but that “we had to collect the elements and wait for the meeting that had to take place (…) We should have avoided that meeting.(…) It would have been better to advance the decision”, he admitted.
However, the minister said that “I do not know of any other case of an authority that has come out faster than Manuel Monsalve (…) All protocols were followed herebut even though they were carried out, it is a fact that the victim has been exposed.”
Immediately afterwards, the authority accused Monsalve of “having defrauded the trust of the President and that of the entire country and having used facilities of his office, in a reckless manner, to pursue personal goals.”
“The use of transportation (a small plane) to get to and from the south, in any case, “It is reckless and inappropriate use.”Tohá concluded.
His words did not convince the opposition and he was the president of the Commission, Miguel Mellado (RN), the first to open fire: “I believe that in this there is complete incompetence of the Government (…) they ask other instances to think about a gender perspective, and here they did not do so. I believe that the minister has a tremendous political responsibility that she has to assume, “He’s going to have to step aside,” consigned Once upon a time.
The deputy was of the same opinion Joanna Pérez (Democratic Party), who recalled that “The minister was the boss of the former undersecretary and that responsibility has not been assumed. We believe that today the minister, sincerely, is telling a story, but I believe that this Government does not effectively assume political responsibilities.”
For her part, the deputy Weisse Flower (UDI) asked that Tohá assume “political responsibilities”, and that “things do not remain the same and that there be those responsible. Obviously the Minister of the Interior is the main authority and has to assume her responsibility.”
From the ruling party, however, they supported Minister Tohá’s explanations. “It is absurd to behead the Ministry of the Interior at a time when we are working on many laws today that precisely go to the bottom of citizen insecurity (…) “She has already made the necessary self-criticism in a reasonable, humble manner and we believe that she should continue in her position,” the Broad Front deputy reasoned Diego Ibanez.
Finally, the socialist deputy Daniella Cicardini argued that “here Mr. Monsalve should have resigned from the first minute when he finds out that there was a rape complaint against him and we would have saved ourselves this entire crisis that has reached the Government, therefore “It seems unfair to me to hold a woman responsible for reporting rape against a man,” he finished.
The splinters of the Monsalve Case have directly splashed the Minister of the Interior, who appears as the authority worst evaluated of the Government, according to the latest installment of the survey fall with a 66% disapproval to his work, his approval dropping 14 points in the last two months.
Further down, the worst evaluated ministers are those of Education, Nicolás Cataldo (37%) and that of Health, Ximena Aguilera (37%).
These figures are directly related to the Monsalve Case, since 70% disapprove of the way the Government has handled the whole matter. In fact, and 40% believe that President Gabriel Boric took two days to ask him to resign because They were trying to “hide” it.
Regarding the preventive detention ordered against the defenestrated former undersecretary, a 84% he said it was “correct and just.”
