translated from Spanish: The expanded political committee returned to La Moneda: compulsory voting and state of emergency were addressed at the meeting

On Monday, an expanded political committee was held in La Moneda, after a year without meetings, in which representatives of the government and Chile Vamos participated.
The meeting comes a day after the ruling party’s setback in the governorship elections, where they only won the governorship of La Araucanía with Luciano Rivas, an independent who competed for the evópoli quota.
According to Emol, those who participated in the meeting said that the issue was not touched on in depth and that other situations were addressed, such as the debate on compulsory voting and the possible renewal of the state of emergency.
On the first issue, the four parties of the coalition will be asked for their opinion and a technical table will be formed where each one has a representative. In addition, the position of the bloc’s presidential candidates will be consulted.
In this regard, the National Renewal (RN) and the PRI are in favor of automatic registration and establishing fines in case a person does not turn out to vote.
State of emergency
The other issue that was addressed in the political committee was the possible renewal of the state of emergency. In the sector there would already be votes to approve it, but for example, from the UDI, which does not agree with extending the measure, would ask for greater freedoms in quarantines. Along these lines, the party’s general secretary, Maria Jose Hoffmann, maintained that “the only way to evaluate support for the state of emergency is a new deal for SMEs.”
On the other hand, the president of Evópoli, Andrés Molina, said that “this involves a very high concern on our part regarding what is happening with SMEs and we sincerely believe that changes must be made (…) the people who have been vaccinated today, have made that decision, we cannot restrict their freedom. That said, it also seems to us that the curfew in cases where there is no quarantine should also have a difference from the other places, so also ask for that.”
PRI Leader: “There was no self-criticism”
On the other hand, PRI President Rodrigo Caramori appreciated the meeting in La Moneda, but regretted that “our Chile Vamos coalition has apparently given up on the idea of doing politics, understanding it as talking, reaching agreement, consensus, and finally having a strategic plan going forward. Today we have missed everything, there was no self-criticism, no action plan for the future, therefore, everything continues in the same way (…) If a coalition doesn’t meet, it doesn’t have a clear roadmap, clearly the consequences were just seen yesterday.”
“Chile Vamos has to return to being Chile Vamos and not just an electoral pact as it remains to this day,” Caramori criticized.
On the failure in the elections, the president of Evópoli, Andrés Molina, maintained that there is a shared responsibility and recalled that “they made the decision not to leave the government, ministers did not leave, undersecretaries, mayors and governors did not leave throughout Chile to remain in the government at a very difficult time, and therefore , the leadership of the center-right was not available, that was a reality, none of us had a greater pretension in this. That said, we must not detract from the success of the opposition in many cases and we must not be clear that we have made mistakes and that to some extent people have said no to us.”

Original source in Spanish

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