President Piñera does not make it clear if he will resort to the TC to avoid a second withdrawal of 10%

Given the imminent approval of the project that allows a second withdrawal of 10% of AFP funds, the President of the Republic, Sebastián Piñera, did not make it clear if the government It will appeal to the Constitutional Court for being a matter of reform of the exclusive initiative of the president.

The president said that although in “difficult times you have to be sensitive to problems”, he also called for “responsibility with decisions”, adding that “it is not a good idea to protect in these times of emergency, we are significantly sacrificing the pensions of current and future pensioners in the country. “

Along the same lines, Piñera once again urged the Upper House to approve the pension reform project promoted by the Government, stating that “there is still a pending step, that we have not yet been able to get it approved by the Senate. This is to improve pensions, especially to women and the middle class. 800 thousand people will immediately benefit from this second part of the reform. We also want to improve pensions for future Chilean pensioners. “

For the same reason, he defended the Executive’s aid plans: “For that, in a few months we build a social protection network above the normal system … as some have a bad memory, I want to remember the Covid bonus, emergency family income, the law employment protection, the improvement of unemployment insurance, solidarity loans, Fogape loans, one million employment subsidies, the Middle Class bonus, the bonus for the self-employed, six million food baskets, which are part of this social safety net that we built together in a few months “.