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One of the announcements made by President Sebastián Piñera during his interview with the Channel 13 It is the extension of the State of Emergency due to Covid-19. However, this time he will have to go to Congress to carry out this extension, since the measure has been in operation for one year.
In the opinion of the President, “the State of Catastrophe is absolutely necessary due to the pandemic” and he believes that there are votes in Congress for its extension. Something that the Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Delgado, who said that it should be maintained “as long as we do not finish the vaccination process.”
One of the first to react was Senator Alejandro Guillier, who affirmed last night through Twitter: “I will not support the extension of the State of Catastrophe if the Government does not account for its effectiveness in combating the pandemic with well-founded evidence, delivered by the Minister of Health and validated by experts. Full validity of civil liberties is essential in democracy “.
This day, the Senator Guido Girardi (PPD) He affirmed that he hoped that the Government “does not want to pass a hoax” when trying to maintain the State of Catastrophe, “because this health is not a contribution.” “After a year it has not been possible to cut the chain of contagion, because the Government does not provide social aid so that people remain at home. Half of the covid positives are being isolated and the tracking, search and confinement of close contacts do not reach 20%, ”he said.
“None of these measures need a State of Exception to be applied, nor is it required for awareness campaigns that reinforce social distancing, frequent hand washing and the use of masks,” he concluded.
But there are nuances. From the Senate, his President Adriana Muñoz (PPD)She advanced a harsh debate over the extension of the curfew because “it is unnecessary,” but she was open to extending the State of Emergency.
The senator Francisco Huenchumilla (DC) stated in Emol that “if the reports of the technical committees and those in charge specialized in the subject consider that, for the better management of the health of the population, it is necessary to have flexibility in the powers that the Executive has, it seems to me that it corresponds.”
“That is an appreciation that requires significant technical support, and I understand that there is, so that we are available to understand that measure.” “A decision of this nature is based on good support from specialists in the health field and there are highly qualified personnel and agencies in Chile for that. And, if so, I would have no problem considering that decision favorably,” he added. .
For him Vice President of the Senate, Rabindranath QuinterosIt is “legitimate” to see the extent of the State of Catastrophe, but it is necessary to debate its scope and effectiveness. “You have to evaluate the measures in their entirety, and not see them in isolation,” says Quinteros. “It not only authorizes to restrict the freedoms of locomotion and assembly, but it also authorizes to apply restrictions to the right of property, such as the regulation of the price of medicines. But the Government has not had the will,” he explains.
The Senator PS José Miguel Insulza He said that they will hear in Congress the Ministers of the Interior, Rodrigo Delgado, and the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, to explain why it is advisable to extend the State of Catastrophe and the curfew. But he announced that the entire PS bench will vote against if that means “sending soldiers to La Araucanía.” “We are against the use of the military for internal affairs,” he emphasized.
The Senator DC Ximena Rincón affirmed that “whenever it is necessary to take measures that the specialists endorse, we will support them, because the first thing is to take care of the citizens, men and women of our country.” In this line, he said that they have talked “as a bench and we believe that If the organizations of health experts and professionals who have the evidence to base a decision of this nature support the request of President Sebastián Piñera, we will accompany that decision ”.
Similar situation in the Chamber
The deputy for La Araucanía, Andrea Parra (PPD)He assured that “what the Government has done this time is to play with this a little to justify its failed security agenda. Therefore, I hope that for the purposes of its renewal, only health criteria are taken.”
More critical was the head of the PPD bench, Raúl Soto, who stated that the extension of the State of Catastrophe “is a tool that has been abused by the Government of President Sebastián Piñera, not exclusively for health purposes but rather for public order, and to limit certain freedoms and essential rights of women. people, as is the right of assembly. “
Along these lines, he adds that Piñera “is using the State of Catastrophe to be able to end his government with peace of mind, that is the truth. There is a political purpose and, therefore, today he has the obligation to go through this Congress and build If you want to extend an agreement, we, in return, as Congress, have the obligation to hold you accountable. “
“He has not realized how the Government and the President are using the State of Catastrophe, and why it limits the right of assembly, but he is not able to limit, for example, the property rights of certain people, especially the big business to benefit the vast majority of the population. These are issues that must be held accountable and also the use of police and military, “closed Soto.
From the Christian Democrats, its bench of deputies also referred to this extension. Through a statement, the deputy head of the bench, Gabriel SilberHe pointed out that “what we are seeing mainly in urban centers are large crowds in public transport, a breeding ground for contagions; that’s an essential issue that needs to be changed. Therefore, the extension of the State of Exception is not justified just because. Obviously you have to take real and effective measures. We are also asking for the curfew to be reviewed, because more than the lockdown at night, improving public transport, among other things, is key. We want to put conditions on the extension of the State of Exception. And we are going to put them on the table when it comes to voting. “
On the other hand, the head of the DC bench, Daniel VerdessiHe added that “it has been shown that curfews do not contribute to the reduction of infections, such that a more restricted curfew can be proposed, at a later time, and linked to Step by Step, which is not something general. If a commune is in phase 4, I don’t see why it should have a curfew. Restrictions on freedoms must be evaluated with health criteria and not by political criteria ”.
Deputy Iván Flores (DC) asked the Government to extend and increase the aid and benefits that have been created subject to the duration of the state of exception, adding to review the curfew. “If the social benefits and benefits that people have received are subject to the duration of the state of exception, obviously if we continue to have a pandemic with complicated indicators, we need to continue to have that status that allows certain facilities for the granting of benefits and streamline administrative processes. But be very careful, regarding the curfew there is discussion about the real effectiveness of the measure if there is no adequate control. “
Narváez: The important thing is “the evidence”
The PS presidential candidate, Paula Narváez, also referred to the option of extending the State of Catastrophe.
“The important thing is to have evidence on whether the increase in the period of the State of Exception really has to do with controlling the pandemic and avoiding further infections. If that evidence is not on the table, it is a measure that, for the country context where we are, is not adequate, “he said.
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