Constitutional Accusation
Senate rejects constitutional accusation against Nicolás Grau
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The Senate rejected on Tuesday all four chapters of the constitutional accusation against former Finance Minister Nicolás Grau by a wide margin. The vote spared Grau from a five-year ban on holding public office.
A group of 36 academics and Senator Manuel José Ossandón criticized the constitutional accusation against former Finance Minister Nicolás Grau, which will be voted on Tuesday in the Senate.
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Senator Vlado Mirosevic announced he will not join President José Antonio Kast on his state visit to Paraguay and Uruguay in order to stay in Chile and vote on Tuesday June 30 in the constitutional accusation against former minister Nicolás Grau.
The review commission of the Chamber of Deputies unusually annulled the unanimous vote approving the constitutional accusation against Supreme Court Judge Diego Simpértegui due to an error in delivering key documents. Commission President Maite Orsini decided to repeat the vote on Thursday after confirming that a crucial piece of evidence arrived on time but was not reported. This postpones the plenary session until next Monday.
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Opposition party Renovación Nacional will back the constitutional accusation against Supreme Court minister Diego Simpertegui, joining UDI and officialist support. The review commission will assess the libel on Wednesday, with a Chamber of Deputies vote set for Thursday. These endorsements push the process well beyond the required majority.
Eleven opposition deputies filed a constitutional accusation against former Energy Minister Diego Pardow on Monday over negligences in electricity tariff calculations that led to excessive billing. The document seeks to disqualify him for five years and criticizes breaches of administrative probity under Article 8 of the Constitution. Meanwhile, a debate emerges over the legal support the government plans to provide to Pardow.