The National Libertarian Party demanded the resignation of Human Rights Undersecretary Pablo Mira following the death of Alfonso Podlech while serving his sentence. Johannes Kaiser criticized the lack of a humanitarian pardon from President José Antonio Kast's government.
Alfonso Podlech died at age 90 on Friday afternoon in Santiago 1 prison in Colina. He was serving a sentence for the qualified kidnapping of Jaime Eltit.
National Libertarian Party president Johannes Kaiser accused the government of a lack of courage for not granting a humanitarian pardon. During his streaming program, he directly called for the resignation of Pablo Mira for violating the former prosecutor's human rights.
Party secretary general Juan Antonio Urzúa stated that a right-wing government must make complex decisions to respect everyone's rights, including international treaties on older adults. This marks the first request from the libertarian party to remove a member of President Kast's cabinet.
