The head of advisors to the Presidency, Miguel Crispiand the former Minister of Social Development Giorgio Jackson They declared this Thursday within the framework of the Democracia Viva investigationsedge of the noisy Conventions case.
After the expected diligence, the lawyer Miguel Schurmannwho represents Jackson, highlighted the willingness to «collaborate» of the former authority, «despite the fact that it has no connection with the facts.»
«The diligence was completely exhausted. The Public Ministry had no further consultations to make, basically they were those consultations requested by the members of the Republican Party who filed the complaint. The Public Ministry did not have an autonomous interest other than the proceedings requested by the Republicans«said the lawyer, who assured that after this procedure it is clear that Jackson»has no responsibility in the case and it is very likely that they will not require any type of new statement from him«.
«In fact, In the complaint it is clear that it has no connection with the Conventions case. Even so, they insisted with the statement. First, the Public Prosecutor’s Office told them no, it rejected Mr. Jackson’s statement since it had no connection with the events. The plaintiffs insisted on the relevance of the proceedings,» the jurist analyzed.
Along these lines, he pointed out that this request was given «under a thesis that there would be some type of agreement in the reduction of the Government’s internal audit controls. Mr. Jackson would have a connection to that, in some way. Which is obviously not effective and was part of the answers that he gave today before the Public Ministry«.
Likewise, the lawyer detailed that the former head of Social Development stated when he became aware of the Democracia Viva case, reiterating that it was «once this background was published in the press in Antofagasta, in the middle Timeline«.
Finally, Schurmann assured that they were «satisfied» after the statement regarding this complaint, that «It is obviously slanderous«, and for which they do not rule out «exercise actions tomorrow when this case endsbecause it is evident and the Republican deputies always knew that Mr. Jackson had no connection with these events.»
«CLEARING ANY DOUBT»
For his part, Crispi’s lawyer, Guillermo Chahuánprovided a much more limited comment, reporting that his client «attended and testified at the Prosecutor’s Office, as he requested, collaborating with the process and clarifying all the issues consulted«.
«In this way, he reiterated what he had indicated in the Chamber of Deputies in November 2023, (before the investigative commission) clearing up any doubt regarding his intervention and knowledge of the facts investigated,» he concluded.
