The Senate Defense Committee heard explanations from the Commander-in-Chief of the Army regarding controversial remarks

A new project to update the military career will be presented by President Sebastián Piñera next week, Defense Minister Alberto Espina

reported Tuesday as part of the appearance of the commander-in-chief l & # 39; army. , Roberto Martínez, before the Senate Committee on the Defense of the Republic, for his statements to an audience of one thousand officers and NCOs, audio that was leaked in the weekly "The Clinic", which provoked a controversial polemic.

The appointment to the Senate coincided with that of the Chamber of Deputies, with whom there were moments of tension that ended when the second members of the Defense Committee suspended their work.

General Martínez confirmed that his statements were expressed "for a military hearing, not to be made public, but it was really imprudent. "Martinez badured that the army is an imperfect institution, but that could still be improved.

The officer repeated that he communicated" at any time "with Minister Espina, but that He met his officers in the appropriate case and tried The internal affairs of the institution are within his absolute competence.

"The recording was unfair and without context, since I had been talking for two hours. It's the first time that the content of a meeting like this is filtered, we presume the failure in the military security that existed, but I will not give up communicating with my officers for this that a person has done, "reiterated General Martinez, who denied any kind of hoof or conflict with other branches of the Armed Forces, such as the Navy and the Air Force.

Minister Espina has describes the Chilean army and, in general, the armed forces as "luxury" institutions.The secretary asked the Senate, of which he was a member, to "help" the executive. in order to improve all the institutional and administrative control systems of this branch of the armed forces.

Minister Espina, who was part of the group, vehemently asked.In the past, the Senate "helped" this institution to consolidate the army as a fundamental institution of e the republic.