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Criticism continues over the controversial agreement signed between the Government and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which seeks that the latter carry out technical support work for the constitutional process in Chile.
This time, the lawyer and candidate for the Constitutional Convention (DC), Jorge Cash Sáez, asked the Comptroller General of the Republic, Jorge Bermúdez, to rule on the legality of the so-called “Agreement for technical support of the constitutional process of Chile”, signed on November 26 in Paris, France, between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrés Allamand and the Secretary General of the OECD, Ángel Gurría.
On December 3, a few minutes after the agreement signed by Minister Allamand was publicly reported, the first criticisms emerged from some of the opposition officials, followed by explanations from the Government spokesman, Jaime Bellolio, and Andrés Allamand himself.
The spokesperson said that “it is surprising to me that there are those who criticize the OECD, given the experience it has in documentation, in information, in comparative analyzes of the same constitutions.” Along with this, he assured that “there is not a hint of wanting to influence the content” of the new Fundamental Charter.
Meanwhile, the Chancellor pointed out that “frankly, I cannot understand what the criticism is, if ultimately what we are going to do is make available, I insist, to the conventional and in general to the political forces, to the citizen forces that participate in this process, the vision that is had from one of the most prestigious organizations from the point of view of the different public policies “.
However, the controversy regarding the scope of the advice that the OECD will provide in the constituent process became effective again after the presentation of Cash.
In the letter, Cash affirms that “intrusive powers are granted to the OECD in our internal order,” whose legal and political contour is not easily delimited.
In this regard, he pointed out that “the personal assessment made by the chancellor to base the agreement is not compatible,” such as that “European constitutions are the ones that best consecrate the rights of people and particularly social rights.”
It should be noted that when referring to the matters that the OECD will influence, Allamand has specified that he will advise on issues such as political regime, where it must be resolved whether the presidential regime will be maintained or will advance to another political form; social rights, environmental matters, among others.
In the presentation Cash affirms that the agreement “restricts and limits the full exercise of sovereignty by the democratically elected Convention members that will make up the Constitutional Convention.
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