The coffin of former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera being transferred contained in the Nationwide Congress, the scene of his burning chapel – Europa Press/Contact/Jorge Villegas
MADRID, 8 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The widow of former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera, Cecilia Morel, confirmed this Thursday her gratitude to the present chief of the nation, Gabriel Boric, for the “affection” proven and for having organized a state funeral for the deceased president.
«I need to thank all of the individuals from throughout Chile (…) it has actually been very thrilling. “Additionally thank the Authorities, President Boric, who acquired us with nice affection and organized this State funeral,” stated Morel.
In statements to the press on the exit of Piñera’s funeral chapel, put in on the headquarters of the Nationwide Congress in Santiago, Chile, the previous president’s spouse acknowledged that “the affect” of her husband’s loss of life is “very sturdy.”
Alternatively, the burning chapel was attended by 4 of the 33 miners who have been trapped at a depth of 600 meters for 69 days in 2010. Luis Urzúa, the final miner to be rescued, recalled Piñera’s administration in these days.
«He fulfilled with us, with having rescued us, with having made that nice sacrifice as a rustic. I believe that in the present day they’re milestones that, as legacies, we now have to respect,” Urzúa stated in statements to radio Biobio.
For his half, Esteban Rojas, one other of the miners rescued in that occasion, has harassed that “the least he may do” was go to Piñera’s funeral chapel to point out “gratitude” to the previous president. “He did quite a bit for us,” he stated.
«Possibly sooner or later we’ll discover him upstairs and we’ll proceed to thank him (…) I’m not of a political colour, however I at all times thank him for what he did, for us, for our household and for all my colleagues who took out,” he added.
Lots of of Chileans have already handed by means of the funeral chapel and have stated goodbye to the previous president. Members of the Authorities, together with the Minister of the Inside, Claudia Toha, and the Minister of Overseas Affairs, Alberto van Klaveren, have stood guard of honor in entrance of the coffin.
After the loss of life of the previous president, the Authorities declared nationwide mourning and introduced that Piñera would obtain a state funeral on Friday. This Thursday, Minister Van Klaveren confirmed that each one dwelling former Chilean presidents will attend the occasion.
Van Klaveren has confirmed the participation of Eduardor Frei (1994-2000), Ricardo Lagos (2000-2006) and Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010 and 2014-2018), in addition to different former South American presidents akin to Ecuadorian Guillermo Lasso and Paraguayan Mario Abdo.
Piñera, president of Chile on two events – between 2010 and 2014, and from 2018 to 2022 – died on Tuesday after the helicopter he was piloting crashed into Lake Ranco, within the heart of the nation. The post-mortem factors to loss of life on account of asphyxiation on account of submersion.
The funeral chapel will shut its doorways this Thursday afternoon (native time) and a mass will likely be celebrated on Friday within the Metropolitan Cathedral. Subsequent, Piñera’s stays will likely be transferred to the Parque del memoria cemetery after a funeral procession that can go in entrance of La Moneda.
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