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Segundo Piso Chief Denies Responsibility for Steinert “Accident”

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Presidential adviser Alejandro Irarrázaval denied responsibility for the events involving former minister Trinidad Steinert and senior officials from Chile’s Investigations Police.
  • He said the advisory team had no prior control or knowledge of actions that the Comptroller considered outside ministerial powers.
  • Irarrázaval told lawmakers that the team could not be responsible for every detail of government activity.

Alejandro Irarrázaval rejected responsibility for what he called the “accident” involving former minister Trinidad Steinert and the senior command of Chile’s Investigations Police.

The head of the La Moneda Segundo Piso appeared before a lower-house investigative committee examining alleged irregularities in interactions between Steinert and PDI leaders. He addressed questions about conduct that the Comptroller’s Office considered outside the limits of ministerial powers.

Irarrázaval denied that the presidential advisers had controlled or known about those actions in advance. “I understand that they are trying to find an explanation for the accident. Nothing would have happened here if we had been omniscient and involved in every detail all the time, but what happened is not our responsibility,” he told lawmakers.

The hearing also addressed notification through social networks and the absence of key figures.

I understand that they are trying to find an explanation for the accident. Nothing would have happened here if we had been omniscient and involved in every detail all the time, but what happened is not our responsibility.

· Alejandro IrarrázavalThe head of the presidential advisory team defended it before a congressional investigative committee examining the Steinert case.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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