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The militant of the Party for Democracy (PPD), Felipe Harboe, resigned his position in the Senate to run for the Constitutional Convention.
“I have decided to resign from the Senate and all the privileges it entails for go back to the street as a simple citizen “said Harboe, who is looking to compete in the Convention for District 19.
In this regard, the president of your party, Heraldo Muñoz, said that Harboe’s resignation from the National Congress “it’s a personal decision that I value ”.
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Instead of going to re-election -in Congress- he opted for the path of give up the privileges of your Senate status to go like any other citizen to find a place in the Constitutional Convention, which will write the fundamental charter of our country for the next decades, ”Muñoz said.
Likewise, he ratified that applying for the Convention “is an important challenge and now it will be the citizenship that will have to decide ”.
Harboe’s campaign
After his resignation from congress, the member of the PPD assured that “one of my great efforts will be to enshrine in the Constitution a new catalog of social rights ”.
For the legislator, the right to health, water, housing and education they are key. In the same way, he highlighted “citizen rights in matters of consumer and safety, environment, culture, recognition of our multiculturalism and decentralization”.
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Meanwhile, he believes in the consolidation of a Welfare state “That he meets the pending tasks with future generations.”
Finally, he confirmed having “The knowledge, experience and capabilities necessary to participate in this Constituent Assembly, with more than 11 years integrating the Constitutional committees of both the Chamber and the Senate ”.
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