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The threat of President Sebastián Piñera of appeal to the Constitutional Court (TC) for the advance of the second withdrawal of 10% in Congress has caused a transverse rejection, especially considering that the project reached the Senate with the support of 130 deputies.
In fact, the president of the House Constitution Commission, Matias Walker (DC), responded to the President ironically that “he’s going to have to take us to the Constitutional Court not only opposition deputies, but also to the unanimity of the Chamber of Deputies, including all the deputies of Chile Vamos “.
“The project was approved by a much higher quorum than two thirds that the Government said it required. Therefore, President Piñera: see you in the Constitutional Court, where we are going to defend what we did in Congress to defend the people against the inaction of the Government, “he said.
Meanwhile, the vice president of the Senate, the socialist Rabindranath Quinteros, opined that Piñera “says what the big businessmen want to hear, but once again, he forgets the majority”.
“It omits the reality of SMEs, entrepreneurs, independent workers and, in general, Chilean workers and families who are paying the costs of this crisis out of their own pockets,” he said.
On the background of the second withdrawal of 10%, the parliamentarian for Los Lagos said that “no one wants to evade the ConstitutionWhat we are doing is using the institutions to carry out measures that help citizens since the Government abandoned them. “
Moreira: “The Government legitimized the first withdrawal with its constitutional inaction”
From the ruling party, the senator Ivan Moreira (UDI), who supported the first initiative and compromised his vote for the second, questioned the President’s phrase about his “obligation” to resort to the TC on this occasion, because if this action “was an ethical imperative, then he should have appealed to the Court Constitutional the first time. “
“The Government legitimized the first withdrawal with its constitutional inaction, but we value that he is actively involved, as long as he does not prevent a second withdrawal, “he said.
While the reform will be voted on tomorrow Wednesday by the Senate Constitution Commission, the Executive continues in talks with parliamentarians from Chile Vamos and the opposition against the possibility of presenting your own funds withdrawal project.
The eventual initiative – proposed by four of the five ruling party members who will support the second retreat in the Upper House – would be more limited and would include the collection of taxes. The Government has already thought about the outline of the text, which could be presented in the next few hours depending on the progress of the discussion.
However, many legislators already refuse to tie this idea to the pension reform to get him to leave the Senate Labor Committee.
