translated from Spanish: Minister Ossa: “None of the candidates from Chile Vamos would be there if it were not for President Piñera”

The Minister Secretary General of the Presidency (Segpres), Juan José Ossa, referred to the presidential debate of Chile Vamos and defended the role played by La Moneda in the installation of the pre-candidates of Ignacio Briones, Sebastián Sichel, Joaquín Lavín and Mario Desbordes.In a dialogue with Radio Pauta, the head of the Segpres said that “none of the presidential candidates of Chile Vamos would be there if it were not for President Piñera , they’ve all been his former ministers.” Ossa also addressed the proposals of the candidates for the presidential chair and said that “the ideas that we heard last night are not particularly different from those that have identified us as a sector and that as a government we have tried to promote.” Minister Segpres also said that one of the measures on the assessment of the current government “is to hand over the presidential sash to someone from Chile Vamos,” but he also highlighted the installation of the Constitutional Convention and the handling of the pandemic. On this point, the minister said that “in the future we are going to see this government as one that made a gigantic effort. We believe that time will give us the right.” With regard to the executive branch’s future measures, Ossa expressed confidence that the pension reform could be approved before the end of Sebastián Piñera’s second administration. “I think we’re going to make it,” he added.  

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