translated from Spanish: Minister Ward expressed “concern” over delay in processing projects in Congress

The Minister of the Segpres, Felipe Ward, expressed “concern about the delay in processing bills in Congress and called for the initiatives to take place. Ward stated that “there is concern, I mean there was, there existed and there is still a very good environment in Congress to be able to promote important initiatives such as pension reform, such as guaranteed minimum income, such as reform critical infrastructure and other security changes, as well as modernization and intelligence systems.” He also reported that even though the guaranteed minimum income is not voted on this week will happen next Tuesday in the Senate.” I trust the senators, I trust that the Senate will vote next Tuesday and beyond that one can express its approval or rejection by voting for or against a bill, the important thing is that it is put to a vote. This is a project that benefits almost 700 thousand people, giving them 59,200 pesos directly as a state subsidy to the pockets of workers, it is with immediate discussion and it is not for us to continue analyzing them, it has already been in Congress 4 months”, Secretary of State said as to pension reform Ward said that “it’s an urgent project, if we’re going to debate around how many days or how many weeks we agree as soon as possible. But Congress has been debating this project for a year and a half, there’s no way we’re going to debate it for another year and a half.” I rule out that there is a blockade, blockade is a very big word, there is a concern of the Government regarding these projects that are very relevant and where we cannot take much time to debate,” he concluded.

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