The Chamber of Deputies and Deputies rejected the Government’s substitute veto of the critical infrastructure project, and left the Executive with the renewal of the state of emergency as the only alternative to keep the military in the so-called South Macrozone. The opposition accused the Segpres minister, Giorgio Jackson, who responded, harshly questioning the right for voting against an initiative that the sector itself had raised.
The first tensions became apparent in the Constitution Commission of the Chamber, after the substitutive veto of Critical Infrastructure, but with the abstentions of National Renewal and the Republican Party.
When going to look for explanations, the annoyance of the opposition appeared because the Government had not socialized the veto.
A deputy from the bloc said that the Executive underestimated their intelligence, and they tried to “pass a goal.”
Harsh criticism of Minister Jackson
The central issue is that in Congress it was assumed that the entry into force of the reform would end with the State of Emergency Constitutional Exception.
In the cafeteria of the Chamber, inside the hemicycle, and in the corridor outside the Segpres, pro-government and opposition deputies gathered, who for opposite reasons had decided not to vote.
Meanwhile, the RN bench proposed in the Chamber, in front of the media and in the corridors, to suspend the vote and leave it for after the district week.
Finally, the board of the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies showed the fall of the strategy, thanks to the 84 votes added between abstentions and against, including the ruling party.
The head of the UDI bench, Jorge Alessandri, assured that in all sectors there was resistance to the veto, and accused the minister George Jackson of ‘not doing the paste’.
Jackson targeted Chile Vamos after the fall of the veto
Minister Jackson said that there is weekly coordination work, and that they could not understand why the opposition distanced itself from the support that, only 20 hours earlier, the same block delivered in the Senate.
He stated three times that the reform was “unworkable” without the veto, and recalled that they had the flexibility to withdraw and re-enter the initiative in a matter of minutes the day before.
The Minister of the Interior, Izkia Siches, He pointed out that the reasons were not legal, but rather political.
Among those who squared with the Government, the reaction was almost identical.
They spoke of a vindictive right, which only wanted to embarrass the government with a “political rooster”, and that they did not care to tear down a proposal that was introduced two years ago by senators from the National Renewal.
Officialism harshly criticized the right for rejecting the veto
The caucus chief of the Socialist Party, Marcos Ilabaca, He described the opposition’s position as “a shame”, although he also criticized his coalition partners.
Ilabaca’s call aimed at the heart of the ruling party, where there were 6 votes against and 6 abstentions, in addition to other votes against leftist forces.
In any case, it is true that not all the votes of the bloc would have made it possible to reach the necessary 93 supports.
The deputy of the Communist Party, Alejandra Placencia, He said that coordination between parliament and the executive must be improved, but that does not absolve the right wing of responsibility.
State of Exception for Los Ríos, the new discussion that is coming
This being the case, now it remains to be seen what to do with it. State of Constitutional Exception.
The Executive is planning to call a special session between Thursday or Friday in Congress, where the possible extension of the measure to the Los Ríos region is also on the table.
Sources from La Radio assure that the field survey of the Undersecretary of the Interior in the area would be showing that there are mayors who do not want the military or a State of Exception, because they do not want to become “another Araucanía”.
Whatever happens, the renewal of the military presence in the so-called Southern Macrozone is now the only way.