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Kast impulsa reforma de la Constitución de Chile para someter a funcionarios a exámenes de drogas

El presidente de Chile, José Antonio Kast, firmó este lunes un proyecto de reforma constitucional que busca realizar, de forma obligatoria, exámenes de detección de drogas a distintas autoridades y poder cesar de sus funciones a aquellas que den positivo al consumo de sustancias ilícitas.

“La ciudadanía cada vez nos exige más, cada vez exige más transparencia. El crimen transnacional no se detiene, avanza, y por lo tanto el compromiso de las autoridades tiene que ser total con el combate a estos flagelos”, afirmó Kast desde el Palacio de La Moneda en la capital, Santiago.

Según explicó el mandatario, en caso de ser aprobado este proyecto, las autoridades deberán someterse a estos exámenes al inicio de sus funciones y luego de forma periódica durante su ejercicio. Además, todos los resultados serán públicos.

“Cada persona que se realice uno de estos exámenes como corresponda, con validez científica, con contramuestras, con lo que se establezca para darle garantías a todos de que esta herramienta no podrá ser mal utilizada por alguien que políticamente quisiera afectar alguna autoridad electa popularmente”, agregó Kast.

La medida será aplicable a ministros de Estado, subsecretarios, senadores, diputados, delegados presidenciales, gobernadores regionales, consejeros regionales, alcaldes y concejales.

“Este es un tema grave que afecta a los más jóvenes, que han sido capturados y utilizados por el crimen organizado y somos nosotros los llamados a poner fin a esto. La mejor manera siempre es predicar con el ejemplo”, concluyó Kast.

La propuesta del mandatario chileno deberá discutirse en el Congreso y surge apenas tres días después de la salida del exsubsecretario de Hacienda de su gobierno, Juan Pablo Rodríguez, tras dar positivo a un test de drogas.

En comunicado publicado el viernes, Rodríguez hizo pública su renuncia, afirmó que no consume drogas y que ese resultado es “un error” que no refleja su realidad. “Me realizaré nuevos exámenes para despejar cualquier duda y demostrar, con total transparencia, que cumplo con los estándares del gobierno ha establecido”, dijo el exfuncionario.

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Colorado bicyclist rescued after using memorial shelter honoring another cyclist who died on same trail

Click here for updates on this story    MESA COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) -- On a day with record-setting heat, a mountain biker suffered a mechanical failure on the Palisade Plunge Trail, which claimed the life of a Colorado Springs cyclist four years earlier. A mechanical breakdown threatened to strand the unidentified cyclist Monday about 10 miles from the trail's end. Mesa County Search and Rescue (MCSAR) personnel responded and met the cyclist at a memorial shade structure erected last November by the family and friends of Jeff Higgins.Higgins, 52, died of heat exposure and dehydration on June 11, 2022. He was found unconscious beside the trail by three other cyclists who called 9-1-1 and stayed with Higgins. But those cyclists had also run out of water and needed help. Monday, nearby Grand Junction broke its record high temperature for the day by three degrees. Mesa County's rescue team reached the cyclist by driving an all-terrain vehicle up the trail to the shade structure. The cyclist was given water and time to rehydrate before those rescuers hauled that rider and broken bicycle downhill into Palisade."We're grateful this mission ended safely and that a space created in Jeff Higgins' memory provided shade and comfort when it was needed," MCSAR stated on social media. "Our hearts are with Jeff's family & loved ones, and we hope it brings them comfort knowing his memory is helping others along the Plunge."That is certainly the case. "It's exactly the reason we put it there," said Higgins's widow, Amy. "Jeff would never want to discourage someone from doing something they wanted to do, and still return home safe to their family." Amy Higgins fought back tears as she described the effort to put the shelter near where he husband passed away - from commissioning a Grand Junction artist, Jeff Bates, to design and build it to coordinating with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Town of Palisade, and City of Grand Junction for permission to locate it. In November, members of the Palisade mountain biking community joined the family to place the shelter at what she called "the bailout," the last convenient point for cyclists to exit the trail or first responders to reach them. Less than a year after it was put there, it has already served its purpose, Amy Higgins marveled."And I'm really happy for that," she shared. Less than a year after it was put there, it has already served its purpose, Amy Higgins marveled."And I'm really happy for that," she shared. Jeff Higgins's brother Dan was there when shovels hit the dirt last November. "We're thankful knowing the structure built in Jeff's honor has now helped a rider," he told CBS Colorado. "That's what it was meant to do."He noted that section of trail now has much better signage to alert cyclists to the "bailout" point and shelter. The Palisade Plunge is a 32-mile path from the top of Grand Mesa to Palisade. It opened in 2018. The Higgins family has been unable to make contact with the three cyclists who stopped to help Jeff Higgins on the trail four years ago. Amy Higgins said she wants to meet them and thank them, if possible.Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.
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