“I have submitted my resignation from the position of foreign minister,” Allamand said in a statement to the press in Santiago, after returning from the trip he made to Spain after being elected Secretary General of the Segib in November, an institution that brings together the 22 countries of the Ibero-American community.
Allamand’s trip raised criticism in Chile for his absence amid protests by residents of the cities of Iquique Y Arica (north) against the massive presence of undocumented migrantsmostly Venezuelans, who cross through clandestine steps from Bolivia and Peru avoiding the scarce border control.
Some protesters attacked migrant camps whom they blamed for the increase in crime in those areas. The UN described these protests as “acts of discrimination and xenophobia“.
“I consider the absence of the foreign minister to address the migration crisis to be extraordinarily serious,” said opposition deputy Jaime Naranjo.
“How is it possible that a Minister of Foreign Affairs, whose main duty is to look after the interests of the State, is working in Madrid in an international organization?” Congressman Iván Flores said on social networks.
“It must be admitted that the situation has generated a series of criticisms that affects the government of which I am a part and seeks to discredit the work of the Foreign Ministry. The criticisms have distorted what I went to do abroad and stressed the political scene,” he replied. Allamand.
On Friday, representatives of the governments of Chile and Bolivia decided to implement working groups to find solutions to human trafficking and smuggling of migrants and smuggling that occurs in the inhospitable highlands where the border between the two countries is located. Allamand did not participate in the meeting.
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Carolina Valdivia Torres will take over as Chile’s foreign minister, according to a government statement.
Source: Ambito
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