translated from Spanish: Longueira calls for UDI MPs who support 10% withdrawal to not hurt the party

Former UDI senator and former presidential candidate Pablo Longueira sent a message to his party’s MPs, through a public statement, stating that “the UDI is only killed by the UDI, not our adversaries.” In the text he stated that “We engage in adversity and confront the PC. They remember that unforgettable phrase of Jaime, said in the middle of Pincoya, in the largest stone shower I have ever seen: “We will dispute each population’s palm by palm to the Communist Party.” That’s how we managed to get to every corner of Chile. We won where he never won the right.” Elsewhere in the Longueira declaration states that “such was the trust we acquired in citizenship, that being the smallest party in returning to democracy, made us the greatest. This only happened because of our historical coherence. Remember, months before that election, we had met our decisive votes so that DC would not disappear. The threat to our political idea has never been them, she could only incubate within us.” He went on to point out that “That germ of destruction is very common in politics, all parties can bear it, except the UDI. It is none other than, personal ambitions and projects take a stand on the collective and historical project. That’s what we’re seeing today: like the UDI, they destroy UDI. Only the UDI, bury the UDI.” In that line is that the former minister would also point out to the parliamentarians who will vote for the withdrawal of 10% stating that “the greatest gestures that these UDI can make, with those who never clasped to easy applause and the appeal of the adversary, is that before they vote, they cease to belong to that party that for many was – and they want it to remain – a path to serve Chile and that allowed us many to , with great sacrifice, to serve our country.” He added that “If they leave and vote as independents, they do no harm to the party and so we will honor the memory of all those who courageously, from our beginnings, forged a party to serve Chile and not the personal interests of its militants and authorities. A hug to everyone,” the message concludes. Importantly, the week has already been renounced by the UDI following the threat of passing through the Party Supreme Court the five deputies who supported the withdrawal of 10% of the funds from the AFPs, parliamentarians Alvaro Carter, Virginia Troncoso and Sandra Amar. For his side, Senator Iván Moreira has already announced that in the vote that will take place next Wednesday he will support the project, declaring at the time that “I deeply regret the censorship, the threats that the UDI has tried to impose, but this gave me the strength to advance my decision… I have seen how Chileans suffer from this crisis, I have listened to their needs and, for them, today I announce my intention to support the withdrawal of funds.”

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