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In recent weeks, some right-wing officials have made known their willingness to be presidential candidates. A few days ago, lThe Mayor of Providencia, Evelyn Matthei, stated that she is willing to run again for La Moneda. The irruption of the also former minister was mediated, in part, by the statements of the Mayor of Las Condes -and for many eventual presidential standard bearer- Joaquin Lavin, who defined himself as “social democrat”, thus triggering a wave of questions from Matthei and other officials from the government sector.
The mayor accused his peer of “populist”, ensuring that when a person is “Jump ideological barriers” and “try to pretend something that is not”, that “Obviously it is populism.”
The also former flag bearer of the UDI to La Moneda, Pablo Longueira, who over the weekend -in an interview with El Mercurio- announced that he will vote for approval, will be a candidate for the Constituent Assembly and for the presidency of the UDI, also addressed the proposals of the communal chief of Las Condes. “Lavín has the best account of Chilean society: social integration”, he assured, adding that “he is by far the person with the greatest reading and empathy capacity in our world.” Later, however, he added that “The problem is that he is willing to do many things that I would never do. Her flirtation with populism bothers me many times. I have a lot of esteem for him, and when our people criticize him, I tell them that there is a worse scenario than the current one, and that is that Lavin was not there. He is the only Social Democrat Chicago Boy, Opus Dei and UC ”.
This Tuesday, and after the various reactions generated by his self-definition, Lavín delivered new political guidelines in the program Mucho Gusto de Mega -in the framework of an interview called Questions to the bone-, where he also referred to the presidential irruption of Mayor Matthei. In this regard, she assured: “I congratulate Evelyn who has decided to be a candidate, and pure good vibes. And I don’t want to get into controversy ”.
He later indicated that “What happens is that everything hurts a little bit in the little heart. You get harder as time goes by, but it’s always a little bit ”.
Regarding his political definition, which generated a fuss in Chile Vamos last week, he stated that “I said the social democrat because I feel that Chile is going to live a new stage, especially after the plebiscite. There is going to be a new Constitution, we are going to have to approve it by two thirds of Chileans, and that means that you are going to have to agree with many people, far beyond your own sector ”.
“So if you are on the right and there is the left, deep down the plebiscite and what comes next in the Constitution will be like getting closer to get two thirds together. I have to convince them and they have to convince me. And the government that comes, hopefully it will be the first after this new Constitution, it is going to have to start the new Constitution and it will have to be a government of agreements, of consensus. Making a government on the right is no longer worth it, I find, or making a government on the left is not worth it either “, said the mayor.
Along the same lines, he stated that “we must create a government of national coexistence, and that we embrace different ideas. And there are ideas for me, from social democracy, especially the European one, such as a much more active role of the State, guaranteed rights in education, health and housing, universal basic income”.
He was also asked why he did not adhere, then, to the definition of social right, to which he replied that “I do not like the concept of” social right “not because of the” social “, but because of the” right “. I do not believe that Chile needs a government of the right, nor a government of the left. It has to be a different government, one of national coexistence. Because or if not, nothing is going to happen in Chile. We are not going to fix crime, drug trafficking, any of those things. “
Asked if he denies his past linked to the right, he maintained that “I do not deny anything. I see what happened: (Michelle) Bachelet who is going to fix this and this, but it remains the same; Sebastián Piñera, remains the same. So deep down, For Chile to advance, you need to do something different, like saying “let’s stop the fight.” Let’s make a parenthesis in this fight, let’s fix crime, let’s fix Sename, let’s fix the police, drug trafficking, let’s have a universal basic income. Let us accept the ideas of another to advance, because or if not, this becomes a pure fight ”.
“If you ask me if I would like to head a right-wing government, no. I think Chile doesn’t need that. Nor does it need a left government, it is a different thing “, the municipal authority ended.
During the program, they also answered a questionnaire that involved answering, in most cases, with a Yes or No. These were their definitions:
In favor of free abortion?
-Not.
Red Light District in Las Condes?
-In Las Condes, in no case.
Unrestricted entry of immigrants?
-No, for no reason.
End to the Isapres?
-Not. Deep modification, but there must be public and private health.
End of the AFPs?
-Substantial change. With state AFP probably.
Homoparental adoption?
-I changed my mind on that. I have had to know very close cases of children, still boys, who have been raised for years, by gay couples. And I see the little girl, and she is happy. They gave them that little girl and they have raised her since she was a child, and one of the problems they have is that the little girl’s family of origin goes and threatens them because they have not been able to adopt her legally. I feel like they should be able to.
Plaza Baquedano or Plaza Dignidad?
-Plaza Italia is for me the meeting place for all Chileans. That is where we celebrate.
But the bottom line is regarding the name change …
-Plaza Baquedano.
Do you pardon the human rights violators who are imprisoned in Punta Peuco?
-Not.
Do I pardon Mapuche prisoners, who some say are political prisoners?
-Neither.
(Rodolfo) Carter, Matthei or Longueira?
-Carter (Mayor of Florida).
Were you or are you a Pinochetista?
-I was. I am not.
If you were a candidate for the Presidency, who would you like to compete with? Daniel Jadue (PC) or Beatriz Sánchez (FA)?
-Beatriz Sánchez.
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