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The General Secretary of the Presidency (Segpres) announced that the Government will go to the Constitutional Court (TC) to block the second withdrawal of 10 percent of pension funds, if this project is successful in Congress.
This Tuesday the House Constitution Committee approved by 11 votes to one the bill that has been harshly criticized by La Moneda.
At the end of the session, the Minister of Segpres, Christian monckeberg, warned that “we understand that this project has a quorum of 3/5, we consider it to be 2/3 and for the same reason we are going to make a reservation of constitutionality in this matter“.
“Also,” he added, “all the constitutional and legal requirements before the Constitutional Court are understood to have been fulfilled in order to consider this reservation as raised, despite the fact that I have not been allowed to give the specific details of each of the norms that are being violated.” .
The undersecretary of the branch, Juan José Ossa, added that “I request the secretariat that the constitutionality reserves be registered regarding all the projects that have been approved in general in the associated minutes, in this history of the law.
Ossa ended by remarking: “As long as Chile does not have a new Constitution, the current one must be respected.”
🔵The Latest: The Government warns that the project that allows a second withdrawal of 10% of pension funds will be taken to the TC.
“As long as we do not have a new Constitution, it must be respected,” said Undersecretary of Justice Juan José Ossa. @Cooperative pic.twitter.com/DFFh8n5sta
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The socialist deputy Marcos Ilabaca He stated that “the Government has threatened all Chileans, stating that it will do everything possible to block this second withdrawal of 10% of the AFPs. This shows the need to change the Constitution that governs us. That is why I am calling on the Government: Gentlemen, last Sunday Chile gave a tremendous signal. Today stop playing deaf and listen to what the public is requesting. “
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