Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on
Monday accepted the resignation of his Minister of Culture Mauricio Rojas, who
spent just four days on the job.
Rojas’s resignation came after
revelations that he had questioned the role of the country’s Museum of Memory
and Human Rights, which honors the victims of the military dictatorship of
Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
“We don’t share his opinions and
comments with respect to the mission of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights,
which preserves the testimony, evidence and what was learned during a very dark
period in our country,” Pinera said when he announced the resignation.
In 2016, Rojas criticized the concept of
the museum, saying it represented “a shameful and deceitful use of a national
tragedy that touched so many of us,” according to the daily El Mercurio.
His controversial comments were
published by another daily over the weekend, sparking outrage from different
groups, including the museum’s directors.
Rojas, a former speech writer for
Pinera, had taken the post when Pinera made changes to his cabinet on Thursday.
Consuelo Valdes Chadwick, the
ex-director of the Mirador Interactive Museum, was chosen to replace him.
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