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His first step in the Chamber of Deputies today gave the government project that proposes withdrawing 10% of the AFPs. Specifically, the deputies of the Labor Commission approved the idea of legislating the initiative with 12 votes in favor and 1 against.
In favor, the deputies Ramón Barros (UDI), Natalia Castillo (RD), Eduardo Durán (RN), Francisco Eguiguren (RN), Tucapel Jimenez (PPD), Amaro Labra (PC), Patricio Melero (UDI), Gastón Saavedra ( PS), Frank Sauerbaum (RN), Alejandra Sepúlveda (FRVS), Gabriel Silber (DC), and Gael Yeomans (CS). Only deputy Guillermo Ramírez (UDI) voted against.
However, despite the fact that it was budgeted to vote today until the project is fully dispatched in the Labor Commission, everything indicates that this will not happen until tomorrow.
The foregoing, considering that at the beginning of the session the ruling parliamentarians consulted the government if it was willing to remove the immediate discussion and renew it so that they would have more time to talk about the issues that are generating division, mainly the taxation of withdrawals.
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The Minister of the Segpres, Cristián Monckeberg, indicated that he was willing to do so in order to have time to improve the initiative. The deputies asked that he do so today in order to make the decision to postpone the vote until full dispatch.
In addition, the president of the instance, Gael Yeomans, said that they hope to continue with the times that they had defined to reach a vote in the room on the initiative on Thursday.
While, The Minister of Finance, Ignacio Briones, appreciated the climate and the invitation to dialogue, and clarified that, if for example this bill is approved next week, and is published on Friday, December 11, the first payments could begin before Christmas , on December 18; taking as a reference what happened with the first withdrawal of 10%, where the AFPs advanced the payments.
