Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is under fire due to numerous political corruption scandals affecting the country.

Chilean Senator Isabel Allende criticized President Michelle Bachelet for failing to engage in dialogue with members of civil society as well as calling for greater transparency within the Bachelet administration.

“The people are taking to the streets because they feel it is the only way to be heard and this seems brutal to me. We have to find ways to create space where we can have conversations,” Allende stated Sunday during a televised interview.

Allende went on to note that is the responsibility of all civil servants to address the current political crisis facing the country. “We must provide answers to our constituency base, we are not being transparent,” Allende noted.

The 70-year-old politician, who is the daughter of late socialist President Salvador Allende, has been rumored to be a possible presidential candidate in the next elections and has assumed the Presidency of the Socialist Pary, of which Bachelet is also a member.