Labour Minister Patricio Melero did not rule out the government taking the third withdrawal of 10% of pension funds to the Constitutional Court.
In an interview with the Central Bureau of Channel 13 program, the Secretary of State maintained that the request could be made by Wednesday. In his view, “it can never be a threat to resort to the Constitutional Court. A government cannot exempt itself from enforcing the political constitution if it perceives that a state power is invading its powers.”
For Melero, “the Constitutional Court is in order to rule on the powers between two powers of the State”.
Asked for the possibility, the labour owner indicated that “this is being seen by the Minister-General of the Presidency, but to go to the TC you have to have a serious background. Today, there are six bills on the third withdrawal (in Congress).”
The former UDI member noted that “today there are six draft laws on withdrawal, two were merged, one has transitional provisions, the other has permanent provisions; has different treatments.” He added that despite knowing the economic problems of citizens, the effort should not be made by pension funds.
“We understand people’s need. We've made every effort because we don't want to hurt future pensioners either. The effort has to come primarily from the state’s resources,” he concluded.
Ms Pamela Jiles said that this week the third withdrawal of 10% of pension funds will be approved, a bill to be discussed from Wednesday in the Chamber of Deputies room.
Amid tensions with the Executive who announced a possible departure to the Constitutional Court, Jiles stated on Twitter that “this week we will approve the third retreat in the House.”
Along with that, he called the Executive a “mis rule” that “uses all his artillery to stop me.”
