Anger in the ruling party and the opposition over a five million dollar project for the Chilean ambassador in the UK.
Chilean Ambassador to the UK, Susanna Herrerareceived a stern warning from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after presenting a project to the Biobío Government to raise about five million dollars in public and private funding, without following regular procedures.
Reaction to the case of the Chilean ambassador to the UK
From Chancellery They stated that “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is awaiting the performance of its ambassadors, as well as the fulfillment of the objectives set for their mission abroad.”
“To exercise management control, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has mechanisms that allow it to act as quickly as necessary to protect our country’s interests. In this case, this mechanism is activated, and all necessary background information is collected,” they added.
“We cannot refer to specific instruments or details, as this is a procedure that requires confidentiality,” they concluded.
Fernando GuzmanPresident of the Association of Career Diplomats (Adica), stated that “these facts lead us to call on the President of the Republic to appoint career diplomatic ambassadors. The cases known to date do not survive solely because of the criteria and adherence to norms of foreign service ambassadors, either director for European affairs as well as the Secretary General for Foreign Policy”.
“Over the decades we have seen the appointment of dozens of ambassadors for reasons of contingent politics, the balance of power between political parties, friendship or simply the payment of aid,” said the Adica representative.
“The embassy is not a place to provide assistance, on the contrary, we know that the embassy is a visible place for Chile abroad and must be run by professionals,” he added.
Accordingly, Guzmán said that “we believe that the public will not understand if our embassy continues to be a presidential tool to award political parties that were not considered in the readjustment of ministries or people who were not considered for positions in the central government.” .”
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