Congress on alert to possible wave of dismissals after TC ruling on Allende

“I am tremendously calm.” This is how Senator Luciano Cruz-Coke (Evopoli) reacted to the press consultations because he was one of the parliamentarians who had, or had in the past, contracts with the State.Despite the apparent calm, in the National Congress there is concern after last Friday the Constitutional Court (TC) dismissed Senator Isabel Allende (PS) for the failed process of selling her father’s house, former President Salvador Allende,…

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Yesterday, the Constitutional Court published the official ruling on the controversial case of the dismissal of Isabel Allende as a senator. A point that has generated tension within the left is the vote in favour of the motion by two court ministers who were appointed by the government. The post Keys to the ruling against Isabel Allende: these were the arguments of the Constitutional Court appeared first on Fast Check .

SANTIAGO (AP) — The Constitutional Court of Chile decided by a majority of votes to remove from office the socialist senator Isabel Allende, daughter of former President Salvador Allende (1970-1973), according to the ruling published on Thursday, considering that she violated the Constitution when she participated in a failed transaction to sell her father's house to the Chilean state to convert it into a museum. By eight votes in favour and two…

The MP questioned the decision of the Constitutional Court, calling it arbitrary and a threat to popular sovereignty. The recent ruling of the Constitutional Court (TC) that dismissed Senator Isabel Allende has generated a strong controversy in the Chilean political arena. The decision, based on the alleged violation of article 60 of the Constitution by the failed sale of the house of former President Salvador Allende, has been harshly criticize…