Sebastián Piñera will have a state funeral in the Hall of Honor of the Chilean Congress

The state funeral of the former president of Chile Sebastian Piñerawho died this Tuesday at the age of 74 in a plane crash, will be detained on Thursday in the Hall of Honor of the Chilean Congress, in Santiago, after President Gabriel Boric declared three days of national mourning.

After the death of the former president, in the southern region of The riversafter the helicopter he was piloting plunged into the waters of the Ranco LakeChilean Interior Minister Carolina Tohá said that Piñera “will have all the honors and republican recognition he deserves”, in an appearance before the media at La Moneda Palace (government headquarters).

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The last state funeral held in Pepper It was made in 2016, when the former president died Patricio Aylwin (1990-1994) during the mandate of Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010 and 2014-2018), following the protocol established for these circumstances.

The president Boric would participate in the ceremony and it is expected that – as he did Bachelet about Aylwin eight years ago – gave a speech about pineapplewho had two presidential terms between 2010-2014 and 2018-2022.

In a funeral of this magnitude in Chile, the three branches of the State are involved, Executive, Legislative and Judiciary.and it is the Ministry of the Interior who decrees the formalization of activities, stipulated in the ceremonial regulations and public protocol.

In case of pineappleIt will be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who will organize the funeral tributes, as announced by Boric.

After national mourning was declared for three days, Government offices, public institutions and the Armed Forces and Police Authorities must keep the flag flying at half-mast during this period.

Furthermore, All scheduled government festive events are suspended.

It is expected that family members of pineappletogether with Chancellor Alberto Van Klaveren, establish the details of the ceremony as the route of the coffin and where the remains will be deposited.

To posthumous activities, which would have military honorsRepresentatives of the diplomatic corps, Chilean civil and religious authorities, as well as personalities from abroad will be present.

Former president’s state funeral Aylwinpassed away on April 19, 2016, it was the first made in Pepper in decades. According to the local press, the protocol then followed was to celebrate a private mass at his home with family and close friends, in the early hours of the following day.

The funeral procession left the house of the former head of state, two days after his death, escorted by Carabineros and traveled through several communes in the Chilean capital.

He received tributes and offerings at the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Party and a wake at the former National Congress building in Santiago, as well as a religious ceremony at the Metropolitan Cathedral, before his funeral at the General Cemetery where former president Bachelet gave her speech.

Source: Elcomercio

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