Former Communist Minister Marcos Barraza Appears on the Comptroller's Office's List for Traveling Abroad on Medical Leave.

The mayor of Santiago, Mario Desbordes (RN), announced that Comptroller's Office notified him of more than 300 officials...

After the Comptroller’s report on medical leave in the public sector, Marcos Barraza (PC), former Minister of Social Development and Family during the second government of Michelle Bachelet, ruled out irregularities regarding rests requested by him during his position as chief of staff of the former mayor Irací Hassler (PC) in the Municipality of Santiago. This after T13 announced that Barraza would have requested administrative days between Oct…

After it became known that former minister Marcos Barraza was one of the officials who used the medical license to leave Chile, the CP candidate, Jeannette Jara, scratched the court and said that “he will have to submit to the same rod.” Although Barraza does not integrate Jara’s command, he has [...] Barraza’s Jara entry and license: “He will have to submit to the same rod” was first published in INFOGATE.

In response to recent complaints by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic, which reveal that more than 25,000 public officials have travelled abroad while on medical leave, the Municipality of Zapallar has been identified among the institutions with cases of this nature. Therefore, Mayor Gustavo Alessandri has immediately ordered an investigation to clarify the facts, requesting background from both the Office of the Comptroller …

The former minister and former constituent convention of the Communist Party (PC) rejected any allegations of abuse and claimed that his situation was due to a real illness.

The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic revealed that 25,000 public officials travelled outside the country while on medical leave, which has generated questions about the control of these absences. According to T13, one of the names mentioned in the investigation is Marcos Barraza (PC), former Minister of Social Development in the second government of Michelle Bachelet and, at that time, chief of staff of the former mayor of Santi…