translated from Spanish: Minister of Finance for pension reform: “We must show signs of how politics responds to social demands”

The Minister of Finance, Ignacio Briones, referred in an interview with Radio Cooperativa, to the triumph of the Apruebo option in Sunday’s Constitutional Plebiscite, and said that the government’s agenda relates to the principles that were behind the decision to have a new Magna Carta.
“We have fundamental challenges today: lifting the economy, getting the job back; and there are emblematic issues such as the planned reform we owe Chile. The outcome of the plebiscite is also related,” said the treasury holder.
On this draft reform of the pension system, the secretary of state raised that “it is more necessary than ever”. “It’s the starting point and an iconic sign on this social roadmap. And we have to signal how politics responds to social demands.”
With regard to a possible further withdrawal of 10% of planned savings, Briones assured that the fact is “incompatible” with a “substantive” improvement in pensions. “Each retreat subtracts 2 quote points, a third of what we talked about in reform,” he said.
On theday, in addition, the Minister of Finance brazenly became conventional for the elaboration of a new Constitution. “I would have loved it, it’s a very noble and important job, but I’m a minister of finance and I have huge challenges, so I can’t access that option”

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