translated from Spanish: Head of PS deputies’ bench values opening of RN: “Shows a willingness to accept a new Constitution”

The head of the Socialist Party (PS) deputies, assessed the declaration of National Renewal (RN) in which they propose to strengthen the social agenda and a constituent convention as the mechanism that can give rise to to the creation of a new Constitution, within the framework of the social crisis that the country was experiencing three weeks ago. 
“The declaration shows a will on a social agenda, which cannot be done if wealth is not more fairly distributed, and also shows a willingness to accept a new Constitution, and a mechanism different from the one raised by the Government is opened , not similar to the opposition. The opposition has raised a constituent assembly as a mechanism. National Renewal opens up to a completely different mechanism than the President had proposed, and therefore, in that context, I value it,” Monsalve told El Mostrador.
The parliamentarian acknowledged that the mechanism proposed by RN is different from that of the opposition, which proposes a constituent assembly. However, he acknowledges that there are no votes in Congress to do so. In that regard, he stated that “some propose that a constitutional convention could be conformed with 70%, for example, of delegates directly elected by citizens, and 30% of current parliamentarians, whose status is that those who go to the constituent convention cannot run for popular election positions (…) that formula some argue that it would allow the right to cast the votes necessary to generate this political exit.”
“What one might expect in the next few hours is that finally sectors of the right and eventually a part of the opposition (…) agreement to change the Constitution and enable a plebiscite with an established mechanism to conform that, as a basic requirement, without a number, has to guarantee a very wide participation and citizen representation in that constituent space”, Held.
“The second requirement is that it has to make sense of the people on the street, because we don’t get anything out of a political exit if it has no effect to lessen the social tension that’s on the street,” he said.
Finally, Monsalve considered that an agreement for a plebiscite would help lower tension, but it is not the only sign to be given. “The social crisis is not solved by a measure alone. The political measure is the floor, but that political measure is not accompanied by deep social reform on key issues such as pensions, wages and health, is obviously going to be insufficient.”

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