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Weekly Report - 24 October 2024 (WR-24-42)
Chile’s security czar resigns on eve of elections
Chile’s President Gabriel Boric has suffered a serious setback just days before voters go to the polls to cast their ballots in regional and municipal elections. Manuel Monsalve, the deputy interior minister in charge of public security, the pre-eminent concern among voters, resigned out of the blue on 17 October after reports emerged in the media that a junior colleague had filed charges of sexual assault and rape against him. The political opposition pounced on the serious accusations against Monsalve to put Boric on the spot as it seeks to capitalise on the government’s flailing response for electoral gain.
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