translated from Spanish: Bellolio asked Chile Vamos to speed up approval of the IFE and pointed out not to “mix” with disagreement over marriage equality project

Government Spokesman Jaime Bellolio was asked during the day about the marriage equality bill and the questions that have arisen from the ruling party over Sebastian Pinera’s decision to put great urgency into its discussion in Congress. In this regard, the secretary of state insisted that “the president makes this announcement out of conviction (…) we do not feel that it is a measure in which we are not being left alone,” he said, reiterating that “it is not for convenience.” And although he said he understood “that there are some manifestations to the contrary,” he maintained that he does not agree “that there is a desire to mix the fact of putting urgency to a project like this, with other different things such as aid such as a universal IFE.” “We would ask the government coalition and also the opposition to be responsible and also quick to get this aid out,” he added, adding that they expect its approval in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate “as soon as possible.” On what is being asked of the UDI in this regard, Bellolio indicated that he has held talks with the different actors. “I hope over time that disagreement will go down and you realize that we have a common project,” he said, referring to pandemic aid. To close, he said he understood “that they may be motivated to put the urgency to a bill, the senators and deputies will vote in conscience … but to mix that with social assistance to the family we think that has no place.” “It’s a bill that came from before, and that’s why the president says ‘his time has come’ to get it approved as soon as possible,” he said.

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