translated from Spanish: Opposition senators again call on the Government to withdraw the request to the TC by 10%

Following the appointment, Senate President Yasna Provoste issued a statement proving that “the government demonstrates once again that it has not understood the magnitude of political, social, economic and health crises in which the country is located. Nor has it managed to understand that Chilean society requires transparency and participation. The trust of citizens in their institutions now goes through deep respect for civil society by the elected authorities.” This lack of understanding and disconnection of reality by some authorities in relation to the problems faced by families has led the government to make the same mistakes over and over again; to be late with all decisions; to propose bad and insufficient policies, unwelcome and far from the reality of the various territories,” he adds. It further states that “as an opposition we have made permanent proposals to deal with the plight of the country, all always within the powers as parliamentarians and representatives of citizens. We have tried to improve as much as possible the Government’s petty proposals.” The government’s response, in general, has always been the same: to establish an absurd dispute of powers between the Executive and Congress that leaves the background discussion in the background, which are the problems of families that are what we are trying to solve,” he adds. In this regard, it states that “in the discussion on the third planned withdrawal of funds, it is the Government that comes back badly to this discussion. When the project is already fully approved, the President of the Republic mandata his ministers to propose a fourth draft of withdrawals, which until a few hours ago declared it impossible. This is just playing with people’s time and need.” The third planned withdrawal of funds has already been approved by the National Congress and all that remains is its enactment so that families can withdraw their money. If the Government submits a fourth project, what it will be doing is delaying a decision that is urgent today,” he says. As Senate of the Republic we will go institutionally to the Constitutional Court to defend the decision of the National Congress. We will do this formally and with the presence of our senators on behalf of the Senate of the Republic,” he says. In that regard, it states that “towards the future the President of the Republic has to establish a different level of conversation. There’s 11 months left before his government ends. We have pointed out with great charity that it is now necessary to withdraw the constitutional court’s request, to enact the law of the third withdrawal and to open ourselves up to a tax reform that is more important, which allows us to better deal with the aid that citizens expect.” The third retreat has already been approved by the National Congress. Following the enactment of this law, we will be able to initiate a new dialogue, for the country, to undertake the most urgent reforms that allow the problems to be solved in a timely and sufficient manner,” he concludes.

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