translated from Spanish: HomeStretch: the FA movements begin to close bonding process in a party

through a statement from the new party in gestation only noted “a new milestone in national politics has been making for months of f Orma silent and steady”because” traditionally the coincidence of political wills has tended to the formation of coalitions, as the new majority, Chile will or the broad front, but rarely these result in a greater degree of unity, as it is the creation of a ” party”. And what would that have done the autonomist movement (MA), libertarian left (IL), socialism and freedom (Sun) and new democracy (ND), four conglomerates share the broad front, which are already reaching the climax of a process that they themselves have called ‘convergence’, i.e., the union of the four for the creation of a single party, which designates “could change the landscape both within the Frente Amplio as in general in Chilean politics”. With respect to the process that are living pointed out that “during the past week, and a plebiscite, began the task of choosing the name of the new party, whose initial results are now being analyzed and worked for, ultimately, move to a new” voting, set between the final proposals and it will call the political conglomerate”. The faces of what will be the new party include the deputies Gabriel Boric, Gonzalo Winter and Diego Ibanez of autonomist movement, Gael Yeomans left libertarian and Valparaíso Mayor Jorge Sharp, MA, among other figures of national relevance. Some of them extend in the communiqué, as the Congresswoman Gael Yeomans, who pointed out regarding the process that “we are working on building a deep feminist party you bet to overcome the precariousness of life. Women suffer a structural violence on a daily basis, expressed in multiple ways, such as pensions of misery because of the AFP system and the sexual division of labor that keeps us tied to the work of care. We are committed to a transformation from the territories to overcome these and all expressions of gender-based violence”. He added that “concluding this last stage of Congress we we will convene the citizenry to join this new political tool to collectively push the changes in Chile.” Meanwhile, Marjorie neck, Secretary-General of new democracy said regarding the unification of movements at a single institution “it is important that the militancy of the convergence will feel called to build a party, to make policy for Chile. Wet shirt by this construction should be our main objective.” As Sergio Acuña, first officer Sun politician and member of the multilateral table of convergence, said regarding the birth of the new party that “we are doing the difficult effort to bring together what unites us and dialogue our differences.” Our desire coincides with the challenges requiring the historic moment we are living, but implies the overcoming of political, organizational forms and practices come dragged for decades. It is necessary to move forward in forming a new political project of liberation that put its centrality in the communities and social movements, in the diversity of people that we are, to relocate the dignity and Justice on the patriarchal, capitalist regime and colonial”. Acuña also emphasized that, with regard to the process and its challenges, “we need to build a match that learn and exceed the form party of the 20th century, that respecting a revolutionary strategy that overflow the narrow margins of the existing order, and that” be built face our people, our similarities and in respect of our distinctions, so it goes beyond our political identities that only reinforce our differences”and added that the path of convergence”has been a complex path , all against, but with the challenge of persisting in the construction of unit. While the first part of the process closes in mid-May with a unified direction, this is followed by the legalization process and deepening of the strategic line. Build Revolutionary Party remains a challenge in the medium term.” On the other hand, from the autonomist movement spokeswoman Stephanie Peñaloza said that “we are in a historic moment of re-articulation of the transformative forces left in Chile. We believe that one of the main objectives of the new party is to be a resonance box, a bridge between the institutional system and the demands of social movements and organized society. The democratization of power is a priority, since we believe that a new model of country is possible if the forces and wills come together collectively. We have a conviction and hope that we will be a relevant player in the broad front”. Finally the Deputy Gabriel Boric emphasized the relevance of convergence as a transformative political actor for Chile “we are building a new political party converging four strokes to the interior of the broad front, to bring this space in the construction of a new Chile”. And was completed indicating that they are working “with much hope, we know that making policy in Chile is not easy, but we believe that it is the road to the great transformations that the social movements we have been proposing the country long ago. We want a country where there is more cooperation than competition, where rights are not a prize but the fair remuneration to be citizens of this country. We are going to continue the fight and are very excited to move in this direction.”

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