Senator Durana would be Chile’s fifth vote We are in favor of the second withdrawal of 10% of the AFPs | National

The UDI senator for Arica and Parinacota, Jose Miguel Durana, announced shown in favor of the second withdrawal of 10% of the funds of the AFPs, which has already been approved by the deputies and will face the vote of the Upper House, so it is the fifth representative of the ruling party willing to support the initiative in that instance.

“Perhaps if we talk about social justice, equity, what was the social explosion, where one of the most specific points was to improve pensions, this withdrawal of 10% goes in the opposite direction, but I also collect what many Aricans and Parinatoquenses and many Chileans, friends, tell me: ‘I prefer to withdraw 10% and manage my money compared to the possibility that in a new Constitution my own money will be expropriated and stolen from me.’ That is why I am quite open to supporting the withdrawal of 10% “Durana stated.

To be approved in the Senate, the draft of the second withdrawal requires a quorum of 3/5 (26 votes), and to prevent the Government from resorting to the Constitutional Court and contesting the parliamentary initiative, 29 favorable ones are needed, reaching 2/3 .

The opposition has 24 senators, which should be deducted from Senator Alejandro Navarro, who is hospitalized, so the balance is 23 votes. Thus, They require three members of Chile Vamos for approval and six to bypass the TC.

Thus, Durana would be the fifth, since he joins Iván Moreira and David Sandoval, in the UDI, and Juan Castro and Manuel José Ossandón in RN, who have already pledged their support.