This Monday the Government will announce its letter to be National Prosecutor, which must be ratified by the Senate. Different sources point out that the chosen one should not be a continuation of the management of Jorge Abbott.
This Monday the favorite of La Moneda will be known to be the successor of Jorge Abbott as new National Prosecutor.
It was exactly two weeks ago when 17 aspirants to lead the Public Ministry appeared before the plenary session of the Supreme Court, to convince them why they should be the next head of the Public Ministry.
They had 10 minutes to make a presentation, leaving a team made up of 4 men and a woman: the regional prosecutor of Aysén, Carlos Palma; the Central North persecutor, José Morales; the director of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Unit of the Public Ministry, Marta Herrera; and the former persecutors, Ángel Valencia and Rodrigo Ríos.
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It was an election that from the beginning had everything: the loss “due to personal problems” de Ríos, attacks by the press, petitions to the Supreme Court itself, negotiations in Congress, and even talk of “harassment” from ministers of State after talking with some congressmen.
Although at first it was said that there could be “key days”, the truth is that President Gabriel Boric used the entire legal term, that is, 10 business days, to appoint who, according to him, has the best skills to be the fourth national prosecutor in the entire history of the Public Ministry.
The former president of the National Association of Prosecutors, Claudio Uribe, insisted that the chosen one cannot be “continuity” of the previous management.
Same opinion has the UDI senator, Iván Moreira,who assured that the most relevant challenges for the next National Prosecutor is to face crime and terrorism.
There was a lot of talk about different strategies, the vast majority of which spoke of the government wanting to fill the quota left by Rodrigo Ríos, but the Supreme Court ignored the matter.
For its part, the Senator of the Democratic Revolution, Juan Ignacio Latorre, ruled out that the government wanted to impose a name.
Let us remember that According to the current legislation, once the highest court selects five candidates, it sends the list to the Executive, who chooses a candidate, a name that must be ratified by two thirds of the Senate.
As a rule, The Head of State himself insisted on the need to reach a consensus in the Upper House, pointing out that it is a sensitive issue.