"The current Army is not prepared" to intervene in critical neighborhoods

The use of the Armed Forces in critical neighborhoods opens a new discussion about the boundaries between defense and public security. Richard, an expert in defense and national security, questioned the proposal to create a new state of emergency and stated that the current Army is neither designed nor prepared to undertake those tasks.

In a conversation with Mirna Schindler, he suggested that the Government still needs to explain the specific objective of the military deployment, what threat it seeks to address, and why the police would not be sufficient. He also warned about the lack of personnel, ruled out the use of conscripts in such operations, and called for strengthening Carabineros first. The fundamental discussion, he argued, is not just about what powers to grant, but what security strategy justifies them and with what capabilities it intends to execute them.