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Felipe Marchant Contreras

Facultad de Derecho - Universidad de Valparaíso - Chile

Palabras clave:

Responsabilidad disciplinaria, Responsabilidad administrativa, Ministerio Público, Fiscalía de Chile.

Abstract:

The purpose of this work is to examine the requirements that —in the author’s view—, are essential to establish the administrative liability of prosecutors and officials of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Although much remains to be done, this article seeks to take the first steps toward the appli-cation of uniform criteria that ensures the enforcement of the principle of equality in disciplinary investigations initiated within the Chilean Prose-cutor’s Office. It also aims to contribute to the promotion of effective and efficient investigations in these matters and, where appropriate, to facilitate the standardization of adjudicative criteria, enabling both potential subjects of investigation and investigators to understand as clearly as possible the scope of their rights and obligations.

Keywords:

Disciplinary Liability, Administrative Liability, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Chilean Public Prosecutor’s Office.

1. INTRODUCCIÓN

Suele afirmarse que la disciplina resulta imprescindible para mantener el orden en cualquier organización y, en última instancia, para preservarla y alcanzar los fines asignados a la misma 2.

Y si el poder disciplinario constituye un pilar fundamental de tutela de toda organización, pública o privada, lo es mucho más en el caso del Minis-terio Público, cuya estructura constitucionalmente jerarquizada, naturaleza y funciones encomendadas, demanda la existencia de un poder interno to-davía más estricto de articulación o de disciplina de sus medios personales,

2 MARINA (2015), p. 21.