According to some political sources, it is an “open secret” that the government is preparing changes in regional authorities to face what will be its second term -after the installation period- at the helm of the country.
La Moneda would have already started meetings with leaders of the ruling parties, for the election of new presidential delegates and ministerial regional secretaries (seremis)to face the second half of the Government.
The new Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohaconfirmed in Santiago that they are already looking for the names of the new local authorities, in regions where the management of the Executive has been questioned.
One of them, the presidential delegate in La Araucanía, Raúl Allardwho along with his cabinet has been criticized for his performance, lack of political networks and little citizen knowledge.
According to the RN deputy, Miguel Mellado, “it is an open secret” the change of Allard, pointing to the profile that the new representative of the Executive in the area should have.
Along these lines, the deputy of the People’s Party caucus, Gloria Naveillán, demanded that the new authorities do not have a “glass roof”.
Most of the names that sound belong to the ranks of the parties of Democratic Socialism, such as the current adviser to the Undersecretary of the Interior, Manuel Monsalve, and former deputy for the area, Ricardo Celis, who He ruled out off the microphone that he had been contacted by La Moneda.
The name of the former PPD deputy, Andrea Parra, who also served as governor in the province of Malleco in the second government of Michelle Bachelet, also sounds.
However, it must be remembered that in November last year was sued by Conadi to return more than 3 million pesos, after an opinion from the Comptroller.
Another name that sounds is that of the former governor of Cautín and deputy mayor of Temuco, José Montalva, who since 2015 was investigated by the Public Prosecutorwithin the framework of a lawsuit filed by the State Defense Council against former PPD senator Eugenio Tuma.
Like most investigations into irregular financing of politics, that inquiry ended without anyone being held responsible or convicted.