translated from Spanish: Broad Front parties announced more than 100 communes in upcoming municipal elections

The electoral team of the Broad Front (FA) unveiled the 105 communes in different regions of the country, in which the conglomerate will compete for the mayors in the municipal elections of April 2021.The communes that will contest the FA will be: Algarrobo, Alto Hospicio, Ancud, Antofagasta, Cabildo, Calama, Calbuco, La Calera, Calera De Tango, Cartagena, Casablanca, Catemu, Cerrillos, Chiguayante, Chillán Viejo , Colina, Combarbalá, Concepción, Copiapó, Coquimbo, Corral, El Bosque, El Tabo, Central Station, Galvarino, Gorbea, Hualaihué, Hualpén, Huasco, Huechuraba, Illapel, Independence, Iquique, La Cisterna, La Florida, La Granja, La Pintana and La Serena.The list continues with La Ligua, Lampa, Las Condes, Limache, Linares, Llay-llay, Lo Espejo, Lo Prado, Los Andes, Macul, Maipú, Mejillones, Melipilla, Navidad, ‘niche, , Padre Hurtado, Paillaco, Paine, Papudo, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Peñaflor, Peñalolén, Petorca, Puchuncaví, Puente Alto, Puerto Montt, Punitaqui, Punta Arenas, Purén, Putaendo, Quilicura, Quillota, Quilpué, Quinta De Tilcoco, Quinta Normal, Quintero, Rancagua, Rengo, Rinconada, Río Bueno, San Antonio, San Felipe, San Fernando, San Javier, San José De Maipo, San Miguel, San Pedro De Atacama, San Ramón, Talagante , Tocopilla,Tomé, Valdivia, Vallenar, Villa Alemana, Villarrica, Viña Del Mar and Zapallar.Jorge Ramírez, President of Commons, said that “we bet on a popular will that recovers the municipalities that are now in the hands of the right and the conservative sectors of concertation to put them at the service of the people”, stressing that “we are convinced that institutions must regain their sovereignty , stop being captured by those who have done so much harm to our neighbors.” That is why from the FA we promote citizen, transformative and change candidacies, but we know that it is not enough alone, it is necessary to overflow the FA, articulate with Chile Digno and with the current mayors of change how Valparaíso, Macul or Independencia to be a force that manages to defeat the candidates of continuumism,” concluded Ramirez.For her part, the president of Social Convergence, Alondra Arellano , he said that “local governments are the institutions that are most close to the problems and needs of the public and that is why we have decided to build more than 100 transformative candidacies in this first municipal election that we face as a Broad Front, where we seek to democratize and transparent the municipalities, along with increasing the representation of women, since today we only have 10% mayors throughout the country”. The president of the Democratic Revolution, Catalina Pérez, commented that “the importance of local governments in actually transforming the living conditions of neighbors and neighbors is undeniable, and from the FA our leadership is committed to bringing municipalities closer to people’s needs. We call on other political forces to reach agreements in the various territories so that the indolent right does not impose the same in the face of the projects of change.” For her part, the coordinator of the Unir Movement, Lorena Fries, indicated that “the Broad Front seeks to settle with participatory and transformative local governments in more than 100 communes in the country. We want more power and autonomy in the territories and start from there the changes that the country requires and that citizenship demands of us.” Fernando Atria, President of the Common Force, added that “the new Constitution must set the conditions for a new policy, but that new policy must also be built from local governments.” Finally, he stressed that “for us on the Broad Front, the election of mayors and councillors is so extraordinarily important, because it is not only a matter of the new Constitution, but also its daily experience, that citizens see a local government which responds to them and can participate. That’s why the municipal election is important.”

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