translated from Spanish: Piñera still does not meet the expectations of deepening the social agenda in new speech to the country

“Dear compatriots, in the coming minutes I will share with you some reflections on the social peace agreement with which we will build a more just, supportive and safe country for all.” With these words President Sebastián Piñera announced on Sunday on social media that he would address the country to break the media silence he was in for the last four days.
With the hashtag #DóndeEstáPiñera as a trending topic, after nine o’clock at night, the Mandatario appeared at a press point from La Moneda to state – again – that as a government “they have heard the voice of the citizens” and that in the last four weeks “Chile changed”. And again it is not met the expectations of deepening the social agenda, a key factor in the demand of the public.
Pension
Beyond the reflections, the President put the focus on the focus of “there are still many things to do and there is nothing definite going forward.” However, it did not delve into any of the ads made.
“The outcome of the last four weeks is not yet written and it will be up to us to be able to build and travel together the roads that lead our country to a good port,” he said.
Under that premise, he announced that the premise is to “improve the pensions of our older adults, the income of our workers, the health of our families and to ensure, through reasonable prices of basic services, that families face a cost of living that reduces the fear of so many families of knowing if they will make ends meet.”
In particular, Piñera only stated that the Government “is willing beyond the 20% increase we have proposed,” although he said, without giving further details, that this requires “graduality.”
“We are well aware that the measures we have announced and will announce will not solve all the problems immediately, but they will mean relief and a firm commitment by the Government to move towards fairer Chile,” he concluded.
“There will be no impunity”
President Piñera also referred to allegations of human rights violations against state agents.
On this, the Representative made the promise that “there will be no impunity either with those who did acts of unusual violence or with those who committed abuses and abuses.”
In addition, it acknowledged that, despite the care that has been requested by the authorities, especially with the use of shotguns and tear gas, that “in some cases the protocols were not respected, there was excessive use of the outside, abuses or crimes and the rights of all were not respected”.
“Our commitment to human rights, truth and justice requires that all these cases that are being investigated continue to be investigated so that on the merits of the case they can be known and tried by the courts of justice,” he added.
Piñera took the opportunity to express his condolences to the relatives of the victims and pledged assistance for them “so that the Prosecutor’s Office and courts fulfill their role of investigating and doing justice”.
New Constitution
Piñera also commented on the agreement reached by officials and opposition parties in the early hours of Friday morning to establish a route to a new Constitution.
Without going deeper, he said that “it means a broad, solid commitment and I am sure has the majority support of the public, which will have an active participation,” he said.
In this regard, the President thanked the parliamentarians who “managed to overcome many of their historical differences”, putting the interests of the Chileans ahead.
Finally, he stressed that, after the agreement, “it will be the citizens who will have the last word in our future Constitution.”
State of Emergency
The President acknowledged that last Tuesday the idea of declaring a state of emergency – for the second time – had been envisaged following unrest in various parts of the country.
“That night, as president of Chile, I had to choose between two very difficult paths: The Path of Force to Decree a New Constitutional State of Emergency or the Path of Peace,” he said.
But, he said, “that night we chose the path of reason to give peace a choice.” A complex assertion, since various sources, in the castrense world’ special, point out that it was the military that put the President in the position to take to the streets, a situation that left him with no room for action.

Original source in Spanish