By 61 votes in favor, 63 against and 5 abstentions, the draft agreement presented after the questioning of Minister María Begoña Yarza was rejected. The deputy in charge of the process, Ximena Ossandón (RN), declared herself “with a certain degree of frustration”, since “there was not much that was answered”.
The Chamber of Deputies rejected the draft agreement, presented by Ximena Ossandón (RN), within the framework of the Interpellation to Minister María Begoña Yarza.
This initiative is framed within the regulations of the corporation, in its article 327 bis, and can only be presented by the parliamentarians in charge of questioning the authorities.
“The Chamber of Deputies observes with extreme concern the improvisation with which the Government, and particularly the Ministry of Health, has executed public policies on health matters”pointed out the Ossandón proposal.
In second place, President Boric was suggested “focus their efforts on preserving the health and integrity of the population.”
Finally, the draft agreement only had 61 votes in favor, while 63 legislators gave him the thumbs down. In addition, the secretary of the Chamber counted 5 abstentions.
Ossandón: “The instrument (interpellation) is weakening”
After the interpellation, the deputy Ossandón affirmed that leaves with a certain degree of frustrationsince “there was not much that was answered”.
“The treatment was cordial and friendly, but all were common scenarios of good breeding. I believe that we did not fulfill our oversight and representative work, because the questions were not answered, ”she added.
Also, he stated that “This weakens the instrument and in the short term it will not be interesting to use it, because we know that it does not produce the necessary effect”.
Finally, the parliamentarian responded to their sayings regarding psychiatric patients in the countrywhen he consulted Yarza about the alleged torture at the Salvador Psychiatric Hospital.
“We are going to talk now about the most forgotten in our society: our dear crazy people, our mentally ill people”he indicated in the middle of the session.
In that sense, he used his Twitter account to defend his words. “Criminal Code on those who are exempt from responsibility: the crazy or insane”.
Criminal code on those who are exempt from responsibility: The crazy or insane,,, https://t.co/wCG4Qbbe6C
– Ximena Ossandón (@nonaossandon) August 1, 2022