The Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies asked the Foreign Ministry to report on the appointment of Sebastián Depolo as ambassador to Brazil. The leader of the Broad Front has not yet received the approval of the Bolsonaro government.
More than two months after the change of command, our country still does not have a diplomatic representative in Brazil, in the midst of tensions around the figure of Sebastian Depolo.
Let us remember that, according to reports, the leader of the Democratic Revolution has not yet received the approval of the Brazilian government to assume as ambassador in that country.
His nomination would have caused discomfort in the Planalto Palace, due to his criticism on social networks against the President Jair Bolsonaro.
Despite everything, in our country they have preferred to lower the profile of the issue, given that the process could take up to three months before being confirmed as a diplomatic representative.
They ask the Foreign Ministry to report the designation of Sebastián Depolo in Brazil
In any case, the opposition does not want to let the issue pass. For the same reason, they promoted a trade from the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies.
This is a document accessed by BioBioChile, sent to the chancellor, Antonia Urrejola, where they ask him to report on the appointment of Sebastián Depolo.
In the text, it is requested “to report on the measures that will be adopted in the event of a non-pronouncement by the Brazilian authorities regarding the appointment of Mr. Sebastián Depolo Cabrera, as Ambassador of Brazil.”
“Although more than two months have elapsed since his nomination was announced by HE the President of the Republic, Mr. Gabriel Boric Font, he has not been given the approval he needs to take office,” he concludes.
Labbé (UDI) accused President Boric of “lack of tact”
In this regard, the UDI deputy and member of the RREE Commission, Cristián Labbé, criticized the president’s decision for the appointment of Depolo.
“Having a person who was appointed to be ambassador to Brazil and has spent more than 70 days where the government is unable to announce its approval, is a mistake, a lack of tact on the part of the president,” he said.
“The president preferred to put friends in those positions, than people who represent us more correctly,” he added.
Finally, he highlighted the transversal agreement of all the parliamentarians that make up the commission, to send this letter to the Foreign Ministry.
“It was unanimously, from right to left, because today what we have to do is audit to be represented in the best possible way,” he concluded.