translated from Spanish: Gonzalo Blumel: “We are interested in promoting the quota project for regional and municipal elections”

The Minister of the Segpres, Gonzalo Blumel, referred to the analysis being carried out by the Government to encourage female participation in the next elections of regional and municipal governors in 2020. In this sense, the head of portfolio, said that “we are interested in promoting the quota project for regional and municipal elections. We have been working to agree on a wording, which today is 99% resolved and we are considering incorporating some financing mechanism,” La Tercera added. In this regard, the initiative is working in conjunction with the Minister for Women and Gender Equity, Isabel Plá. And in particular, this project seeks to establish a gender quota of 60%. “We proposed to the government that we should be able to have additional funding for all women’s positions, including single-member positions. And on that we reached an agreement with the Executive and I think we are going to make history,” said PPD Andrea Parra, member of the Internal Government Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. they hope that the initiative can “be in place as a law before the registration of candidates next year.”

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