What should have been a calm and calm appointment of undersecretaries for the incoming government of Gabriel Boric, considering that an hour later Chile was playing against Bolivia, was not such, due to criticism arising from the 39 names indicated. And not criticism of the future right-wing opposition, but of the same sector of the left, more precisely the former New Majority. This, because they accuse that an attempt was made to benefit the parties that make up Apruebo Dignidad since the latter had slipped criticism for their lack of representation in the cabinet.
One of the first to question the appointment of undersecretaries was the deputy and head of the PPD caucus, Raúl Soto: “It seems to me that the cast of undersecretaries is not well balanced from the point of view of the political forces that have joined the government.”
What Soto refers to is that the two parties that obtained the most undersecretaries were Democratic Revolution with 8, and 6 for Social Convergence and the Communist Party. On the other hand, the PDP was only left with 2.
“Apparently more efforts were made to compensate for the discontent of Apruebo Dignidad parties, particularly the Broad Front and the Communist Party, but we believe that particularly the progressive convergence forces are underrepresented there and therefore we manifest a substantive difference there,” he added.
Despite the criticism, Soto closed by saying that “we want this government to do very well and the new undersecretaries and ministers by the way as well.”
Another of those who criticized the names chosen by Boric was the deputy Alexis Sepúlveda (Radical), since although they have a minister -Marcela Hernando in Mining- they did not obtain any undersecretary, so he said it is “a step back”.
“We regret that President Boric has succumbed to the pressures exerted by the parties of Apruebo Dignidad,” he said.
He also indicated that “there was a good sign at the beginning, to expand the political framework of support for the government, but today we have regressed.”
Despite indicating that “we regret this decision,” Sepúlveda emphasized that “we respect by the way what the government has determined,” but that “this makes us reflect on the role that we will eventually have as a party in the future government of President Gabriel Boric.”
“The Concertación died”
The political vice president of the Social Green Regionalist Federation (FRVS), Flavia Torrealba responded to these criticisms, assuring that she regrets “the statements of some representatives of the Concertación, especially considering that they came fifth, together in the last election, and President Boric is the president whom the people of Chile chose to carry forward the destinies of Chile in the coming years. Considering also that they have six ministers, I do not understand the logic of the claim.”
“What is now appropriate is to get to work for the good of Chile, not to continue with this quackery of the parties and claiming spaces of power in a logic that has already died. The Concertación died. This is another Chile,” he added.
“We are calling on all political forces that want to come to work to build this new project and a tremendous challenge to transform into a just, dignified and supportive country. So I hope that they continue to demand us by the press, and that we applaud together the cabinet and the political team that President Boric configured and that will have a tremendous responsibility in the coming years,” he concluded.
