Several parliamentarians agreed that “urgent action” is needed to find a way out of the escalating violence, while others affirm that this is the result of “bad decisions taken in recent years”, which reflect the vulnerability to which the population is subjected.
In this sense, Senator Jaime Quintana, for the Party for Democracy, affirmed that “it is not something new” and highlighted: “When this also affects people who have protection, it makes it possible to understand how vulnerable citizens of standing and who face these facts on a daily basis.
From the Chamber’s Citizen Security Commission, the president of the instance, deputy Raúl Leiva, from the PS, stated that “concrete and effective measures are required to combat feelings of insecurity and the perception of impunity that comes from the neighbors”.
Senator Enrique Van Rysselbergue, of the opposition Independent Democratic Union, maintained that until now “the Executive has not put on the table a concrete action plan to deal with this situation” and urged that it present it “as soon as possible a robust plan concrete measures to deal with this grave security crisis”.
The Crime Prevention Minister, Eduardo Vergara, maintained that “what is being done by the government or Carabineros, the PDI (Investigative Police) or the preventive role of the municipalities is not enough” and assessed that in order to “advance a public-private agreement and with the municipalities“.
“It is unusual that a Chilean defense minister does not have sufficient protection at home; that also speaks of the relativization that this government is making of security,” said deputy Francisco Undurraga, from the opposition party Evópoli.
Like the rest of the ministers of the Gabriel Boric government, Fernández has an escort, which corresponds to members of the Armed Forces, only during activities and transfers.. Once the official arrives at her home, security makes a preventive round and moves away from her, although they must remain 15 minutes from her house in case of an emergency, the newspaper detailed.
According to the former Undersecretary of the Interior, Rodrigo Ubilla, the decision to have fixed protection in the officials’ homes is “established through a risk profile carried out by the police and can also be assigned to those who receive death threats or get a lot of exposure.”
As an example, during the last government of President Sebastian Pineraonly the president and the Minister of the Interior had security in their homes.
The assault on a police officer who is part of the security team of the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, and the violent robbery in the house of the Minister of Defense, Maya Fernández, sparked the concern of the parliamentarians and opened the debate on the measures that should be adopted to counter crime in the country.
Last Friday, three people entered Fernandez’s home while she was away, tied up her husband, threatened her son and stole a car and other valuables.
Hours later, a policeman who is part of President Gabriel Boric’s security team was assaulted while on his way to store the official vehicle – which was stolen – and was abandoned in a field with a shot in the right arm.
Carabineros announced the discovery of Fernández’s vehicle 15 minutes from the minister’s house and added that the search for the perpetrators of the crime continued and the rounds and patrols in her area were reinforced.
Source: Ambito
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