President Gabriel Boric Announces Salary Increase for Carabineros

This Thursday, September 19, after the end of the Military Parade 2024, President Gabriel Boric announced that at the end of this year he will present a bill that will increase the salaries of Carabineros, a commitment he had made during the last Public Account.

Along these lines, the president said, “Today we are strengthening Carabineros; we have significantly improved all the tools they have to exercise the rule of law.”

The Bill to Raise the Salaries of Carabineros

He added, “At the end of the year, we are going to present a bill that I have committed to the Public Account, which will involve a risk allocation, which practically means increasing the salary of the Carabineros by one salary per month, and so I trust the police.”

Carabineros and the Recent Murders

President Gabriel Boric’s announcement comes after the murder of a Franco policeman, who died this Wednesday in the community of Puente Alto. The above, after being the victim of a robbery while driving a vehicle from a transport application.

A worrying situation, as this is the second death of a police officer who was doing work unrelated to his duties as a police officer. This, considering, at the end of August, an officer died after being shot when he worked as a private guard at the Caupolicán Theater.

Before the announcement of the head of state, the bench of UDI deputies accused Boric of not fulfilling his commitment to the salaries of police officers.

“Unfortunately, it seems that we are once again faced with an unfulfilled promise on the part of the current government. What happened this morning, added to what happened at the Caupolicán Theater, highlights the need to improve the salaries of police officers, but not for another three years, but now, because it is essential if we want them to fight this serious crisis effectively,” said the senators of that bench.