Ignacio Briones: “There was never a discussion about the 10%”

The Senate approved the second withdrawal of 10% of the pension funds but in the project sent by the government, not the one promoted by the deputy Pamela jiles, something that left the Minister of Finance, Ignacio Briones.

“We have said it as a Government, the withdrawal of 10% was never in discussion. The core is respect for our institutionality, respect for the form and the rules of how things should be done in a democracy that we must all take care of “.

Is that since The coin had already announced that the opposition initiative was unconstitutional, since a reform of this type should be a presidential initiative, not from the Legislative Power. So he submitted his own project, which has some variations.

For the same reason, that one was approved and the other was rejected in the Upper House, it was satisfactory for Briones. “We are satisfied that it has been approved in the Senate the constitutional route, the legal reform promoted by the executive“, said.

Regarding the discussion of the tax payments that will have to be made with the second withdrawal as approved, the minister assured that “80% of people in Chile do not pay tax. They are going to pay zero, whatever withdrawal they make. “