translated from Spanish: Yasna Provos heads letter of DC militants questioning government party support

“It is the actions, their coherence and their bravery that deter They undermine and forge the character of a politician. That’s what we see in our friend, comrade and deputy Raul Soto. ” With these words, the public statement signed by more than 500 DC militants from all over the country, who decided to give their support to Congressman Raúl Soto, after the vote on the pension reform and the announcement that went down during the day of Thursday, on his Eventual replacement in the Chair of the Committee on Labour.
“Comrade Raul Soto, here we are to tell you that you are not alone,” says the text also signed by prominent political figures such as Senator Yasna Provolo, Myriam Verdugo Godoy, former president of DC, Pablo Badenier, former minister of state, Nicolás Mena, ex Under-Secretary of State Cecilia Valdés, current national vice president of PDC, Humberto Burotto, national vice-president of PDC, Osvaldo Badenier former national vice-President PDC, Nolberto Díaz, national adviser PDC and leader of the CUT, former deputy Juan Morano and the president of the DC workers ‘ front, Flavio Garrido Sepúlveda.
The militants valued the “constructive work” of Soto as president of the Committee of Labor, emphasizing its “coherence and consequence” at the time of voting pension reform, because for them “Chile needs a welfare system that dignify the Human condition, work and effort and that is solidarity with those who have less opportunities have had in their lives. That is the vision that a Christian humanist has to have in these times where selfishness, neoliberal and authoritarian visions tend to become dominant. ”
The letter also notes that “Chile needs a Christian democracy that acts clearly and respects its status as opposition party and its political domicile in the center of the Chilean left. Chile needs Christian Social leaderships that place at the centre of its actions the development of policies and proposals that once and for all face the issues of inequality and social and economic inequality. Chile and its citizens expect Christian Democrats to be attitudes that realize our choice for human development and social justice. That has been the behavior that we value today in Congressman Soto. ”
They ensure that “the bases are with us” and they deliver all their “support, solidarity and admiration for the honest and clear way” of acting de Soto, who assert “raised his voice with force, when others between silences and gloom have wanted to give a signal that has nothing to do with Our history and our project. ”
Check out the full letter here.

Original source in Spanish