The leader of the Public Ministry, described by President Rodrigo Chaves as “corrupt” in a speech at the mobilization, rejected the call made by the government, and described it as a “clear transgression to the principle of separation of powers and institutionality”.

Diaz’s response was especially aimed at the President, who described the Attorney General as “corrupt” and called for his resignation, after leading the demonstration.

In his accusations of corruption, Chaves generally blamed the Judicial Power and the Legislative Assembly, the latter instance whose president, Rodrigo Arias, also asked for his resignation, by means of his now customary invitation against the deputy to “go home”.

The President described these sectors as “machinery designed to protect the powerful against the people and to remain silent in the face of theft” and assured that “the judicial system was captured to serve the petty interests of an elite”.

The mobilization, which brought together government supporters, cabinet members, former ministers and representatives of the people, was a new expression of the dispute against the judiciary and the legislature, although for some it was also a kind of electoral strategy.

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