translated from Spanish: PR Supreme Court to decide jarpa and Meza’s expulsion for approving “pre-question”

The General Council of the Radical Party approved a political vote rejecting the actions of the parliamentarians of the radical bench Carlos Abel Jarpa and Fernando Meza, who voted in favour of the “previous issue” presented by President Se bastián Piñera, to stop the Constitutional Indictment against him. The political body concluded that the actions of The Members, together with the independent Pepe Auth, are not consistent with the principles of radicalism, in the current context, since the social outburst that began on 18 October. In that context, the General Council decided to pass the episode’s background to the Supreme Court of the PR to assess the expulsion of lawmakers Meza and Jarpa, for meeting before voting on the “previous issue” with the Minister of the Interior, Gonzalo Blumel.By the the same reasons requested the immediate departure of the radical bench of the independent deputy Pepe Auth.As for the constituent process, the collective agreed to demand the immediate legislative implementation of the agreement of 15 November, to support the option ” I pass” and the 100% Constitutional Convention mechanism elected by citizens in the April 2020 entry plebiscite.In addition, the party will seek to push for changes to electoral legislation to ensure that there is parity in the constituent body rules that favor the eligibility of independent applications and seats reserved for indigenous peoples.

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