translated from Spanish: Fernando Atria founded new political party: “Common Force”

Fernando Atria is the founder and president of the new political project called “Common Force”, which in his words was born to make “a different policy, which is a manifestation of the power of us citizens”. The lawyer noted that “We want to help create conditions for the organization for the constituent process. We will be one more way to ensure that the force that broke on October 18 can be organized for the plebiscite and for the Constitutional Convention. The force that made that effort possible needs to be endowed with a joint, to contribute to that is born Common Force. We want a different policy, which is a manifestation of the power of us citizens.” The academic attended on Friday the premises of the Electoral Service to make official their intention to form a political project of an anti-neoliberal nature, and according to its founders, Common Force is an initiative that arises to win in April and to contribute to the elaboration of a new Constitution. To advance along this line, they pointed out that they will raise communal or local assemblies that will define their leaders and candidates to the Convention.The constitutional lawyer further noted that “we do not come with the solution. There are many initiatives, we salute them all. It would be serious for Chile’s future if this social force that made the constituent discussion possible, because it cannot be organized, cannot be an incident.” They also indicated that the project is intended to reinvent the concept of a political party, in order to combat the scorn faced by this type of institution. To this, they pose the challenge of “building an organic new kind, democratic, even, transparent and ethically committed to the representation of the demands of the people.” “Diversity is important in these spaces. We don’t want sexual dissent to be alien to these spaces. We want to represent the concerns of sexus diversity and dissent. Chile changed and that cannot be without lesbians, bisexuals, trans and diversity,” said vice president Erika Montecinos.De the initiative involved personalities such as actress Paulina García, actor Alfredo Castro, national arts award Gonzalo Díaz, writer Camila Gutiérrez (Joven and Alocada) and humorist Paola Molina, among others. After handing over the deeds for the party’s constitution, the collective has 6 months to collect the signatures that will make it an official political party nationwide.

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