The Comptroller found a lack of due disregard of the Segpres minister, Giorgio Jackson, regarding the Exit Plebiscite.
The Comptroller General of the Republic notified this Friday Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Segpres), the result of the complaint made by opposition MPs, for possible electoral interventionism.
Let us remember that the DCs, Eric Aedo and Joanna Pérez, submitted a letter to the Comptroller’s Office asking to investigate the minister’s statements Giorgio Jackson.
The foregoing, following committing to prosecute the proposals of the ruling party to reform the proposed Constitution, if it wins the Approval.
“They are the greatest sign of electoral interventionism that I have seen since October 1988 in the midst of the dictatorship,” accused Aedo.
Comptroller establishes that Minister Jackson missed the presidency
About, Comptroller found that the secretary missed the principle of dispensation ahead of the Plebiscite on September 4.
“Declarations to newscasts and press releases that made public the expressions made on August 2, 2022 by the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency were seen,” indicates the comptroller entity.
“In them it can be seen that the Minister communicated in the media that what is being requested is that, in the case of the I approve option, the parties can send proposals to their State Portfolio, adding that they will receive all the ideas for take out the minimum common”, he adds.
The latter, to be clear regarding the elements and scenarios that the Government will face in conjunction with Congress as of September 5, he indicates.
“In this regard, it is noted that from a merely formal perspective, what is described is part of the functions of the Segpres Ministry,” it is noted.
“However, considering the principle of the primacy of reality, this Office of the Comptroller General cannot ignore the political and electoral context in which the country is experiencing, nor the effects that government actions may have on the electorate, even in the formal exercise of its powers,” he says.
In this sense, it reproaches him for not having adopted similar measures in relation to the Rejection option.
“In this way, the manner and the opportunity in which the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency made the aforementioned communication, although they are part of the functions that correspond to that Secretary of State, did not adjust to the necessary disregard that was requires in front of the plebiscite”, he indicated.
“That authority must bear in mind the considerations set forth above in the exercise of its functions, hereinfollowing,” concluded the Comptroller.
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