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Karla Rubilar criticizes Kast over sentence reductions for people convicted of child abuse
Piñera's former spokesperson called on La Moneda to acknowledge a mistake and welcomed the Boric administration's rejection of those requests before they reached the courts.

Opposition to Kast files seven petitions with Constitutional Court in seven months of government
Opponents of the current government have already filed more challenges to bills than were recorded during Boric's entire administration.

Boric urges the left to persuade those who think differently, and La Moneda responds
Spokesperson Gonzalo Arenas asked the former president to show greater deference toward the Kast government and offer solutions instead of public criticism.

Boric acknowledges the left does not have a majority and calls for dialogue with those who think differently
At the University of Chile Student Federation's 120th anniversary, the former president urged his political camp to set aside internal disputes and persuade those who think differently to regain support.

Boric urges the left to talk to those with different views to regain a majority
At the celebration of the University of Chile Student Federation's 120th anniversary, the former president said his political camp does not have a majority and must persuade those who think differently.

Arenas asks Boric for "more respectful treatment" after his criticism at the University of Chile Student Federation
The presidential palace spokesperson asked the former president to offer his input by speaking with the authorities rather than criticizing as though he were campaigning.

UDI deputies formally ask Prosecutor's Office to investigate Raúl Domínguez for bribery
Flor Weisse and Omar Sabat want to know whether the Public Prosecutor's Office has opened a case over the former official's trip to Shanghai and do not rule out summoning Boric.

Comptroller’s Office refers Shanghai trip by Boric’s friend at the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications to prosecutors
The Undersecretariat of Telecommunications said the GSMA paid for Raúl Domínguez’s trip to China, but the organizer denied it, and no one has established who funded it.

Arenas asks Boric to offer "solutions rather than criticism" in his debut as spokesperson
The undersecretary of the Ministry General Secretariat of Government defended his support for the president and ruled out a "war of words" at his first press briefing.

Government says it prevented a bigger loss in Fund E and blames the Boric administration
Quiroz, Mas and Rau defended the limits on swaps set in March and backed the sanctions proceedings against the seven pension fund administrators.
Bachelet and Boric lead the opposition as relations with Kast cool
The former presidents brought together parties ranging from the Christian Democrats to the Communist Party in Ñuñoa, and La Moneda responded that the President would not stoop to that level.

Rabat acknowledges change in criteria for reducing rapists' sentences and will keep it
The justice minister said Kast was unaware of the cases and that victims were not notified because the system does not provide for it.

Former Minister Gajardo accuses Rabat of facilitating sentence reductions for abusers
The Ministry of Justice says the Supreme Court prevents it from denying the benefit for acts committed before February 9, 2022.

Only one of the 12 lithium contracts is ready under the Kast government
A report to Congress shows that the Comptroller General’s Office returned several special lithium contracts and that the government is resubmitting them to move them forward.
La Moneda calls Vallejo's criticism over sentence reductions "a staged performance"
The government says the Supreme Court requires respect for non-retroactivity and announces a bill to exclude child abusers.

Opposition accuses Kast government of reducing sentences for 56 child abusers
The Communist Party, Socialist Party and Broad Front warn that the Ministry of Justice's approach could pave the way for pardons for human rights violations.

Senate approves Macarena Lobos and Juan Esteban Laval as CMF commissioners
Boric’s former minister and the banking association’s general counsel will replace Bernardita Piedrabuena and Augusto Iglesias at the financial regulator.
Constitutional Court declares opposition challenge to rules on the use of force inadmissible
The court held that the senators filed their challenge after the government submitted the promulgation decree to the Comptroller General’s Office.
Court allows Nueva Masvida to deduct costs of lawsuits with members from taxable income
The Internal Revenue Service will appeal the ruling that overturned a tax demand for more than $600 million against the health insurer, noting that the Court has ruled in its favor in six of eight cases.
Vallejo criticizes sentence reductions for 56 people convicted of sexually abusing minors
The former government spokesperson accuses the Kast government of acting without a court order, while Minister Rabat says he applied the Supreme Court's criteria.
