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The Chamber of Deputies and Deputies He rejected on Wednesday the bill that sought a reduction in the number of parliamentarians. The initiative was shelved when it did not get a quorum of 93 votes to continue with its legislative process.
In the voting, the project obtained only 78 votes in favor, in addition to 67 against and 7 abstentions. The initiative presented by parliamentarians from Chile Vamos, aimed to reduce the seats for the Lower House from 155 to 120, and for the senators from 50 to 40.
The rejected project also included the replacement of the mandatory vote for those over 18 years of age for the election of authorities.
MINISTER MONCKEBERG: “THE OPPOSITION DID NOT LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS”
This rejection aroused the annoyance of the Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Christian Monckeberg, who harshly criticized the opposition for the failure of the initiative, although he did not rule out presenting the project again.
“Unfortunately, the opposition has us used to not fulfilling the agreements”said the Secretary of State.
Argued that “There was a framework of understanding that was related to the reduction of the salary of parliamentarians and high authorities that was approved. Then, the re-election limit of the authorities, which was approved, and then we have to carry out the reduction of the number of parliamentarians that is a proposal of the Government program and of a very important citizen feeling “.
The head of the portfolio added that “unfortunately, the opposition did not listen to the citizens. Unfortunately, the opposition did not analyze this project in depth because what was sought here was not to return to the old system, but rather to reduce the number of parliamentarians and maintain a system proportional where the different political expressions are and have a presence throughout the country in this Parliament. “
Today, the Chamber of Deputies rejected the bill that sought a reduction in the number of parliamentarians. The initiative was shelved when it did not get a quorum of 93 votes to continue with its legislative process.
Another of those who questioned the opposition was the deputy RN Sebastian Torrealba, noting that “today we confirm that politics is a business for the opposition: they rejected the reduction of parliamentarians and the project will not be able to be seen for another year.”
In the opposition bench, the deputy Diego Ibáñez (CS) stated on his Twitter account that what was rejected in the hemicycle was a “trap by President Piñera to reduce the number of deputies”, seeking to “remove the representativeness of ideas in parliament and advance to the binominal ”.
