[Politics] President of the Convention on the Rojas case: "He was elected by po[CENSORED]r vote and that affects the trust we have in the body"

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The head of the organ, Elisa Loncon, appreciated that the lawyer of the conventional disclosed the details of his illnesses. "It is important that you assume the voice of him, it is not up to us," she said.

The president of the Constitutional Convention, Elisa Loncon, acknowledged this Thursday that the case involving the constituent Rodrigo Rojas Vade, who admitted that he did not have cancer and whose lawyer revealed yesterday that he actually had syphilis and other pathologies, significantly affected the trust towards the organ that she directs. In an interview with Radio Duna, the authority stated that "I think it is important for his lawyer to act as a spokesperson, it is not up to us. Nor is it up to us to judge illnesses and I think it is the best in terms of him having a spokesperson who gives to know the situation of how he is ".

"What corresponds to us as a Convention is to make our disposition very clear so that the case is investigated and the courts finally resolve the case," he added, along with highlighting the fact that the true diseases of the conventional were made known. "Truth frees and that is a great lesson," he said. In this context, after being consulted about the impact of this case on the prestige of the Convention, Loncon indicated that "of course it did, it affected the image of the Convention, Rojas Vade was also elected by po[CENSORED]r vote and that affects the confidence that it is had in the organ ". "

 

 

We regret the situation, however, we are in Chile completely also crossed by problems of values. We are in the extreme individualist Chile and that is the Chile that we want to change. I believe that citizens have to see it from that dimension," he added . In her opinion, "the Convention reflects the Chile in which we are and this is not to defend anyone, but simply to deliver that context in which we find ourselves and why we are mobilizing to change it." However, she stressed that "we have the conviction that we must do serious work and minimize these problems that affect the Convention and work towards that collective goal of writing the new Constitution." Finally, on whether he has maintained any type of contact with Rojas Vade in recent days, he replied that "I have not spoken with him since the information was announced that Saturday when we were doing territorial work, where we proposed to make decentralized accounts in the territories".

 

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