translated from Spanish: Interior: “If people had wanted this Congress to change the Constitution they would have won the rejection”

In the context of the discussion over the second withdrawal of 10% of planned funds, interior minister Rodrigo Delgado noted that “if people had wanted this Congress to modify the Constitution they would have won the Rejection”. In that context, the secretary of state stated that “continuing to withdraw” money, does not go in line with increasing the pensions pursued by the Government, adding that “if Congress continues to use the amendment to the Constitution to be able to continue to advance on this, I would tell them that if people had wanted this Congress to modify the Constitution it would have won the Rejection, what it won was the Apruebo by 80%.” And that Apruebo what he seeks behind is that there are other instances that revise the Constitution, that channel dialogue, but that it can’t really go against the counter-development of people’s need for more and better pensions, which is the reform that the government has pushed and that it has to keep pushing, and the President in that has been clear,” he added. In addition, he noted that the Representative called for an “agreement” to advance pension reform, adding that he is “optimistic” that it would be achieved beyond the 10% resource, which he acknowledged helped many people the first time.” But the same legislator legisled 10%, did not legislate 30%, because 10% were responsible at the time for not affecting pensions so much”, Delgado said. Regarding the idea of eliminating quorum 2/3 of the Constitutional Convention, the minister called for “not to increase people’s distrust in political institutions, people voted widely in a Plebiscite with the rules of the established game, voted for a number of constituents or conventionals, 155 and also voted for quorums that had been established a year ago”

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