translated from Spanish: Deputy Ilabaca (PS) for the powers of the TC: “We need to end up with a court that has become the government’s armed arm”

The chairman of the Committee on Constitution, Legislation and Justice of the Lower House, Marcos Ilabaca (PS), believes that the time has come to resume the discussion to examine the role that the Constitutional Court (TC), which in his view “has become a third chamber and therefore it is not possible to postpone an amendment to this body”.
Therefore, he reported that he decided to reopen the process of reform of this court, within the Constitution Commission, which he chairs. In this discussion she hoped to address issues such as the vote of the Chair of the TC, as well as its composition. According to the schedule, he hopes that from next week the particular vote on these reforms will begin.
“In the processing of this initiative we hope to have an interesting discussion, in particular, on the issues that this court has generated controversy. Because the TC has become a political actor. Even today it acts as an armed arm of the government and that cannot happen,” Mr Ilabaca said.
It was in the face of a number of issues of national interest, where the TC had been a determining factor, that Mr Marcos Ilabaca believed that “today it is urgent to modify the and, in particular, the powers of the President, which has the capacity to address a tie vote. In short, we need to end up with a court that has become a political tool of the government on duty,” he concluded.

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