CRUCH: "We will ask the Minister of Education for more information on the reasons for requesting the resignation of the rector of the University of Aysén"

28/07/2016
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The executive vice president of the Council of Rectors, Aldo Valle, publicly expressed the recognition of the CRUCH rectors to Rector Roxana Pey and gave public testimony about her work, highlighting that she has made the best effort in the performance of her duties as rector of the newly created State University of Aysén.

“We have expressed our solidarity and our appreciation for the dedication, commitment, and diligence we have witnessed in the performance of her duties; we publicly express this solidarity and this appreciation, and, of course, as her colleagues, we can attest to that performance.” With these words, and within the framework of the monthly meeting of the Council of Rectors held in Santiago, the executive vice president of CRUCH, Aldo Valle, explained the analysis made by his peers regarding the recent request for the resignation of the rector of the University of Aysén, Roxana Pey.

Regarding the reasons that led the Ministry of Education to request Rector Pey's resignation, the Vice President of the CRUCH (Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities) stated that, as the Council of Rectors, it is not their place to evaluate the administrative act, since they are a body that forms part of the public institutional framework and, therefore, respect the exercise and powers of the competent authorities. However, he added that "we will ask the Minister of Education for more information about the reasons that led to this decision, because university rectors fulfill their duties according to the requirements of that position and, consequently, any one of us could be subject to an administrative decision like this," he noted.

The Council of Rectors agrees that, beyond the legitimate powers of the administrative authority in such a case, it is crucial to accompany the exercise of those powers and reasons with the greatest possible detail regarding the grounds and reasons invoked. “As CRUCH, we have chosen to obtain the most precise information available from the political authority, in order to assess whether this could compromise that principle so valuable to our university tradition: the autonomy of higher education institutions,” the CRUCH vice president pointed out.

The monthly meeting of the Council of Rectors took place in Santiago and included the participation of the head of the Higher Education Division, Alejandra Contreras.