Calisto welcomes suspension of disqualification hearing: 'We continue exercising our senatorial role'

Senator Miguel Ángel Calisto has expressed satisfaction with the Court of Appeals in Puerto Montt's decision to suspend the hearing that was set to review a request for his disqualification. The prosecutor's office in the Aysén region had filed the request, seeking to remove Calisto from his senatorial duties.

Calisto stated that the suspension allows him and his colleagues to continue performing their senatorial roles. This legal reprieve means the immediate threat of removal from office has been paused, enabling the continuation of their legislative work without interruption from this specific legal challenge.

The decision by the Court of Appeals came after the Guarantee Court in Coyhaique issued a related order. While the specifics of the Coyhaique court's order are not fully detailed, it appears to have paved the way for the higher court's intervention and subsequent suspension of the disqualification hearing.