Lower House rejects draft constitutional reform that regulates alert status to prevent damage to critical infrastructure



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During this day, the The Chamber of Deputies generally rejected the draft constitutional reform that regulates a state of alert to prevent damage to critical infrastructure.

The initiative was rejected by 74 votes in favor, 63 against and 2 abstentions. It should be noted that the project needed 93 votes to be approved.

Due to this, the initiative passes to Mixed Commission.

After the Session, the National Renovation deputy, Diego SchalperHe did not hesitate to criticize opposition politicians, who according to him have just “rejected the bill that allowed the Armed Forces to protect critical infrastructure (hospitals, electricity, etc.), as happens in many countries around the world.” On this point, the parliamentarian emphasized that “that is their null real commitment to combat violence. A shame“.

For her part, the deputy of the Communist Party Camila vallejo He indicated that “the Government continues to insist on its authoritarian deviation. Using the armed forces in the supposed protection of the ‘Critical Infrastructure’ will only serve for further abuses of power to a government in which human rights have been violated. That is why we rejected and now it goes to the Mixed Commission“.



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