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He Wide Front responded to the summons made by the Progressive Convergence and refused to go to opposing primaries ahead of next year’s gubernatorial elections.
During the last hours, the party pact that groups the PPD, the Socialist Party and the Radical Party made a statement calling on the Broad Front to make a decision on the matter, after the bloc Unity for Change (PC, FRVS and PRO) will accept the call.
“The center-left unit it is essential for a common project facing the challenges of the regions. Likewise, we reiterate our conviction that the primaries are also the ideal mechanism to define unitary candidacies of the center-left to the mayoralties, “they said.
Progressive Convergence added that “we hope that this positive signal of Unity for Change will be welcomed by the rest of the opposition arch, and we particularly reiterate this call to the Broad Front, a bloc that still pending your decision“.
The decision
Well, this Sunday the Broad Front announced that they continue to work to advance mechanisms for territorial coordination, but no primaries.
“The Broad Front continues to work, available to skip where other parties or movements have better alternatives than ours for the citizenry and will not hesitate to compete against all candidates that, regardless of their coalition, have perpetuated corruption, patronage or represent projects far from the necessary transformations that allow our neighbors and neighbors live quietly and recover the institutions that, in many cases, have ceased to be at the service of the people “, they indicated.
Next, they pointed out that “from the Broad Front we have been promoters and defenders of the primaries as a democratic mechanism for defining candidacies within the framework of a unitary political project. we discard the proposal of a single national pact for primaries that ignores our differences with the conservative and neoliberal sectors of the country present, as has been reaffirmed in recent days, in sectors of the former New Majority “
“The social and political majority that we need they don’t run out in the primaries and for this reason we reiterate that we will continue to push and talk about coordination and competition between all opposition sectors that allow progress in transforming and deepening projects of democracy, incompatible with the right ”, they added.
Review
The critics did not wait. Was the deputy Pablo Vidal of the Democratic Revolution who cited a tweet from the president of his party, Catalina Pérez, to express her disagreement.
“As a member of the Frente Amplio, I do not share this statement. What is at stake in the coming months is not the identity of our parties, is the future of Chile. People demand unity from us, which is built with citizen participation, not with closed-door negotiations, ”he said.
As a Deputy of the Broad Front, I do not share this statement. What is at stake in the coming months is not the identity of our parties, it is the future of Chile. People demand Unity from us, which is built with citizen participation, not with negotiations behind closed doors. https://t.co/OUgyke3bs4
– Pablo Vidal Rojas (@pablovidalrojas) September 27, 2020
The DC
For its part, Christian Democracy he valued the decision of Unity for Change, thinking that “a broad agreement by the opposition will be finalized shortly to win the next elections for the regional governments.”
The party highlighted that its national board decided “to support the ongoing efforts to achieve the broadest agreement in the opposition for the elections that lie ahead. To this end, and as all the opposition parties are doing ”.
Meanwhile, the president of the DC, Fuad Chahín, criticized the response of the Broad Front and pointed out on Twitter that “they opt for ‘pacts by omission’ that turn their backs on citizens and territories. They promised renewal and repeat the worst practices of the old politics.
Today the FA puts a tombstone to the possibility of #Primaries of the opposition for the election of mayors and regional governors. They opt for “default pacts” that turn their backs on citizens and territories. They promised renewal and repeat the worst practices of the old politics.
– fuad chahin (@fchahin) September 27, 2020
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