Chilean lower house approves request to question Foreign Minister Pérez Mackenna
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- Chile’s Chamber of Deputies approved an opposition request to question Foreign Minister Francisco Pérez Mackenna by 57 votes to 49, with one abstention.
- The session will address 13 topics, including Chilean sovereignty in the Strait of Magellan, relations with Argentina, and comments by Chile’s ambassador to Israel about the Palestinian community.
- Pérez Mackenna is the first cabinet official under President José Antonio Kast to face questioning in the lower house.
Chile’s Chamber of Deputies has approved an opposition request to question Foreign Minister Francisco Pérez Mackenna, despite resistance from the governing coalition.
The request, signed by 59 lawmakers, lists 13 issues for a special session with the minister. They include Chile’s sovereignty in the Strait of Magellan, diplomatic relations with Argentina, and public statements by Chile’s ambassador to Israel, Gabriel Zaliasnik, about the Palestinian community.
The session is scheduled for Monday, September 28. Deputies approved the request by 57 votes to 49, with one abstention.
Pérez Mackenna is the first member of President José Antonio Kast’s cabinet to face an interpellation in the lower house.
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