translated from Spanish: The center-right may not fool to Kast or complex as the conclusion did with MEO

would be i? political you with a modern, tolerant and democratic centre-right? Do you think that freedom and pluralism must be essential values of Chile are going? Well, if your answers to these questions are affirmative, don’t be alarmed by José Antonio Kast (JAK). On the contrary, that there is JAK is good news for the tolerant and libertarian right of which part you feel. How?, you ask. Basically, because the majority centre-right, that led no less than by the President of the Republic, representing former Deputy UDI can help to outline clearer identity at the center of the ideological spectrum.
To move forward in this regard, notes of what happened should be taken nearly a decade ago in the former conclusion. When in 2009 Marco Enríquez-Ominami decided to venture into an own candidacy, leaders of the up to that minute hegemonic Coalition reacted in two ways, both wrong.
Ones, chose to fool the then Deputy, even calling him Marquito, as if it were a child of neighbour average rebel is put. Meanwhile, other actors on the left reacted complexed with guilt, as if MEO represent something they wanted but could not be. That complex reaction had its roots deeper in the posture of the so-called shirt on the left at the end of the 1990s, who did not feel comfortable and proud with what has been achieved by his coalition in Government.

Lessons? To JAK no fool it. Not react to his speech in a complex manner, as fearing to lose the support of those who today feel questioning by her figure. JAK speech must serve, precisely, to something that the former conclusion is not understood with the irruption of MEO: outline clearly the identity as a political sector. The home of Chile are going, that conferred a clear and forceful mandate popular in 2017, is in the center-right, with emphasis on the centrist component of the equation. To highlight these credentials, the center-right does not lose anything. On the contrary, wins in accession precisely in the center of the political spectrum.
Do not confuse us, Kast is not the President of Chile. Who won the majority in the second round of 2017 was precisely one of the greatest exponents of a center-right democratic, modern and centrist. Remember this is not fool to JAK, or what membership represents. On the contrary, it is simply to place it in its fair measure, even though media coverage sometimes induce bias in the opposite direction.
Let us be clear, JAK leads a minority project against the project of center-right President Piñera represents today. Well, the existence of the phenomenon JAK lets that center-right today in the Government to outline clearer libertarian identity, its democratic credentials and his advocacy of an open society. To do this, do not fit the complexes. Supporters of the center-right should feel proud of their democratic evolution and the development model that drives the industry.

Poured in this op-ed content is the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial line nor the counter position.

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