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Vodanovic and Poduje clash over credit for El Pajonal Park in Maipú
The mayor of Maipú recalled that the park was designed under Piñera and funded under Boric, after the minister credited it to Kast.
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.
Former Minister Larraín says Supreme Court changed its position on sentence reductions
Hernán Larraín maintains that Law 21,421 never sought to protect benefits for people convicted of child abuse and that recent rulings acknowledge this.
Lagos joins presidential advisory team, becoming the third former official to return as an adviser
The former undersecretary of the Ministry General Secretariat of Government follows Jouannet and Duco as an adviser to Irarrázaval and could also take up a post at the OAS.
Divided Supreme Court rulings on sentence reductions for convicted sex offenders
Justices Llanos, Valderrama and Gajardo voted differently on petitions for protection of personal liberty filed by offenders sentenced before Law 21,421, amid the crisis facing Minister Rabat.
Gonzalo Arenas Hödar takes office as Undersecretary of the General Secretariat of Government and government spokesperson
The former UDI deputy and San Sebastián University academic replaces José Francisco Lagos and will take charge of spokesperson duties for the Kast administration.
Children’s Ombudsman accuses government of failing to fight sentence reductions
Anuar Quesille said neither the Constitution nor the Supreme Court required the Ministry of Justice to reduce sentences for child abusers.
Harboe accuses Vodanovic of being behind Araya’s removal from Constitution Committee
Former Senator Felipe Harboe spoke of a "cancel culture" on the center-left and pointed to Socialist Party leader Paulina Vodanovic.
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.
Matthei accuses Republicans of failing to acknowledge mistakes over sentence reductions
The former mayor said the government should have refused to sign off on benefits for 56 people convicted of sex offenses and highlighted RN's critical tone.
Only 2% of criminal complaints filed by the National Human Rights Institute over the social unrest resulted in convictions
Minister Fernando Rabat spoke of abuse of criminal proceedings and defended the bill that strips the National Human Rights Institute of its power to file criminal complaints.
Joaquín Cortez, the former head of the Financial Market Commission now investigating the seven pension fund administrators
The Superintendent of Pensions was a manager at Provida and chaired the Financial Market Commission; he now faces a 10.39% decline in Fund E and a summons from the Chamber of Deputies.
RN to bring together its officials at a national meeting on November 14
Andrea Balladares seeks to present RN as the party with the most governing experience within President José Antonio Kast's ruling coalition.
