A few days ago, Giorgio Jackson told his close friends and other officials of the ruling party that if he won the Rejection, he was in favor of a quick cabinet change, so that he would not have to go to Congress on Tuesday, as he should as minister. of the Segpres. Jackson is clear that he will not only leave office after the overwhelming defeat of the Approval, but that his figure will be the main target of the opposition. Given the magnitude of the defeat, a wide turnaround is expected. In addition to Jackson and Siches, there are at least 5 poorly evaluated sectoral ministers.
Transfer to Social Development. Government sources indicate that one option is for Jackson to move to Social Development, a position that President Boric left vacant after the resignation of Jeanette Jara a few days ago after it became known that she tried to contact the CAM leader, Héctor Llaitul. Along with Jackson, it is also assumed that Izkia Siches will leave. It is not clear that she will be transferred to Health, whose current head, Begoña Yarza, is on the list of sectoral ministers who would leave the cabinet.
- The advantage of Social Development for Jackson is that this portfolio is installed in the heart of La Moneda, so it will be able to continue participating in key instances to define the direction of the government.
- “The ideologue of the Convention was Jackson, since it was he who, along with Jaime Bassa and other conventionalists, prevented the Convention from discussing substantive issues in its first stage so as not to harm Boric’s candidacy, among other things,” said a senior official. leader of Chile Let’s go to Ex-Ante.
- The batteries will be targeted against Jackson – who has had numerous difficulties fulfilling his task in Congress, given his poor relationship with parliamentarians, especially in the Senate – also for pragmatism.
- In the conversations that have taken place between the opposition and the ruling party there is a consensus that Boric has to play a leading role in the negotiations between La Moneda, Congress and the parties to reach an agreement on a new Constitution.
- “What happened to Piñera cannot happen to Boric, who as president was left out of the negotiations after the outbreak, which culminated in the Agreement for Peace and a New Constitution of November 15, 2019. Boric has three and a half years left of mandate and its figure is essential so that next year we can hold a constitutional plebiscite capable of attracting the support of the vast majority of Chileans”, says a senator from the PS.
- In Democratic Socialism (PS-PPD-PL-PR), in any case, no tears will be shed for Jackson’s departure from the Segpres. In addition to a bad relationship with that sector that has dragged on since before he became a minister -Jackson was never able to establish relationships of trust with them- his phrase expressing an alleged moral superiority of his generation compared to the previous ones will not be forgiven as fast on the center left.
- “It was the last drop of water in a relationship that didn’t give for more,” says a PS leader.
- In the expected change of cabinet, the following sectoral ministers whose management is not well evaluated would also leave: Health (Begoña Yarza), Energy (Claudio Huepe), Science (Flavio Salazar) and Mining (Marcelo Hernando), who could be also add Culture (Julieta Brodsky).