translated from Spanish: Opposition parties reject support Ossandon and Kast to Bolsonaro J.A: “Have to give explanations to the Chilean people”

the new political alliance Converg gum progressive, which joins the party for democracy (PPD), Socialist Party (PS) and Liberal Party (PL), expressed its rejection of former presidential candidate José Antonio Kast and Senator of national renewal (RN), Manuel José Ossandón, for the support that They expressed to the triumph of the Jair Bolsonaro ultra-right in the first round of general elections in Brazil. 
“I care about the expressions that we have heard from some Chilean politicians, that they would have to give explanations of support to a candidate who is opposed to democracy, spoke that there was insufficient to torture during the dictatorship, which denigrates women, who” rejected minorities,”said the helmsman of the PPD, Heraldo Muñoz. 
The former Foreign Minister added that “is that what we want in our country? I think not, I think that the vast majority of Chileans want to advance, want us to respond to the challenges of the country (…) Those who have supported, have to give explanations to the Chilean people. Is that what they want for Chile? That is the question that needs to be done”.
For his part the President of PR, Carlos Maldonado, said that “This gives us a lesson, a signal of alert for Chile. “Eye, the presidential candidates of the right in the election of 2017, two of them, are identifying with Bolsonaro, with someone who spoke of that dictatorship should have killed more people in Brazil”. 
“A candidate that denigrates the female gender that discriminates, with a nationalist speech, clearly authoritarian dyes, with a populist speech. Are those the right candidates? Those same names will probably be on the ballot 2021, Kast and Ossandón”, he added. 
Then it was the turn of the President of the PS, Álvaro Elizalde, who said that “without place to doubt when Chilean leaders who enthusiastically applaud the Brazilian electoral result, that gives account of its lack of democratic convictions and his spirit deeply intolerant”.
Head of bed DC located to the left to make “profound self-criticism” after the triumph of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, head of base of Christian democracy (DC), Matías Walker, became a position around the Latin American left to make a ” profound self-criticism” by the advance of the right populism in the region. 
In his view, the political sector, represented by the Communist Party (PC) in Chile, should respond on how mistakes in corruption and the defence of Governments as the of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, have allowed this situation. 
In an interview with Emol TV, asked about the relationship of the DC with the PC, Walker said that “we are not part of a same coalition, there are certain relationship of legislative coordination at the Congress. “One will also forge some friendships with some of them, in many subjects agree, but on other issues, we are in deep disagreement”.
“With regard to the bad news we received yesterday from the triumph of Bolsonaro in Brazil must enter to reflect how this former military fanatic, that justifies torture, murders, which persecuted homosexuals, which defends and justifies the violations to the” women is chosen with that tremendous vote”, he said. 
Then, “I think to the Latin American left has become a profound self-criticism. How a generalized system of corruption made possible the election of this monster that is Bolsonaro in Brazil and how the relativization of what combat to caudillismo, as mature and Ortega on the left allow to display these warlords populist right-wing”, added.
The declarations of Matías Walker, joins a statement of the National Board of the Christian democracy, in which expressed its concern at Bolsonaro triumph in the South American country.
“As party can not be indifferent to the rise of populism whose language denote racist connotations, degrading of women, homophobic, or defend the murder, torture and the carrying of weapons and made apologies of other dictators”, pointed out in the Declaration. 
Also, consider that the advancement of “populist strongmen”, both left and right, endangers the foundations of democracy in the region and gives an account of a center-left that “tolerated for a long time the corruption within their ranks, and even the” It promoted, as it was the electoral support of some figures linked to corruption”. 
According to the DC, the only way to stop these “populism” is with “more transparency, intolerance to corruption, but also with the formulation of proposals that make sense to citizens, incorporating their demands, there is no excuse to give answers”.
“The advance of populism must summon all party, movement or partnerships that respect democracy without any condition. We must be able to condemn all violence, attacks against democracy and injury to the DD. HH in every time and place. Nothing justifies or will never justify that these values are passed to carry. And we must do it now, rather than populism destroy bases that has both cost to build in the region,”ends the writing. 

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