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The Low camera rejected by a large majority the readjustment of the minimum wage proposed by the Government, zero percent real, which, according to the IPC, was going to translate into an increase of 1,500 pesos.
In the vote, the Executive project obtained only 53 votes in favor, while there were 78 deputies against and 14 others abstained.
The President may request that the text be passed to the Senate and, if the latter approves it in general by 2/3 of its members present, it will return to the Chamber and will only be considered rejected if it is rejected with the vote of two thirds of the deputies and deputies present.
– Deputies and Deputies of Chile (@Camara_cl) September 9, 2020
The project was going to be analyzed in the Chamber on Tuesday, but the parliamentarians decided to postpone the vote until today, after the Minister Ignacio Briones opened up to the possibility of advancing in this real zero percent readjustment the CPI projected for March of next year and to negotiate again on that date and not in mid-2021.
This day there were previous meetings after which opposition deputies affirmed that the Executive stated -extraofficially- Willingness to advance an increase of 6,000 pesos; amount that is still far from what the opposition, which is around the 20,000 thousand pesos According to what they calculate has been the inflation of the basic food basket, which is measured within the CPI.
In this framework, intermediate points arose in which agreements are expected, as stated by the president of the Finance Commission, Daniel Nunez (PC): “If the government says that it is open to a readjustment of 10,000 pesos, which is far from our expectation, it is already something that implies that a family may have what to spend these months withAs long as it is until March, and in March, under new economic conditions, we will review “.
He Minister BrionesFor his part, he considered the 10,000 pesos mentioned “unreal”, alluding that there has not even been that amount of readjustment when the country’s situation was in “normal” conditions.
“When the economy grew and the employment situation was different, (the readjustment) was much lower than that amount, then it does not converse with reality, it completely escapes from the reality that the country is experiencing. It seems important to me that we consider it and keep it in sight. We have never had the levels of unemployment that we have today, “he said.
But “as things are,” with the government’s official proposal, “I think this is rejected and it goes to the Senate,” the communist deputy predicted.
And despite the conversations, there were no agreements so the Government did not present modifications to its original proposal, which was rejected.
The readjustment did not pass its first constitutional process, and the option that La Moneda now has is to insist with its project on the Senate, but would already need a two-thirds quorum; to obtain them, it will have to return to the Chamber where it would also require approval by two thirds of the deputies.
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