Fifth withdrawal pressures government on two flanks: today the House votes on the legislative and executive bill

Key hours are lived for the first great battle of the government of the President, Gabriel Boric. This, since at about 3:00 p.m., the Chamber of Deputies will vote on the draft of the fifth withdrawal “of free disposal” promoted by the parliamentarians and the initiative of the Executive that seeks a “limited withdrawal” and the panorama of the vote is still uncertain.
According to La Tercera, in the midst of this environment, the Executive has exerted extreme resources to achieve 93 votes against the project of the parliamentarians and 78 votes for the alternative initiative promoted by the ruling party.
The instance in Valparaíso, will not only be attended by the Minister of the Segpres, Giorgio Jackson, but also the Minister of Finance, Mario Marcel and the Minister of Labor, Jeannette Jara, who have been the visible faces of the government’s rejection of the measure of “free disposal”, so much so that the same Executive summoned these ministers to contact the presidents and heads of party benches to refine the details of the vote.
The scenario is still uncertain and therefore, since the early hours of Sunday, there were several government accounts on social networks that were activated to defend the project of “Responsible alternative to the fifth retirement” and report on the risks of increasing inflation. In fact, the Minister of Labor, Jeannette Jara, declared on Channel 13 that the parliamentary proposal was not so universal, since there are people who do not have balances in their pension funds.
“We would have liked that from the beginning there were no withdrawals, the issue is that, on the other hand, it is the role of a government to listen to the people. As an official, we hope that the initiative of the fifth broad withdrawal will be rejected,” he said.
According to La Tercera, despite all the efforts of the government, the situation is adverse, since preliminary calculations indicate that it is not certain that the 93 votes needed by the initiative of the fifth withdrawal of “free disposition” presented by parliamentarians will not be reached. In fact, from the ruling party, they point out that there is a risk that at the time of the vote, the votes to approve the measure are sufficient to endorse the project.
Among those who will reject the parliamentary motion is the head of the Broad Front caucus, Gonzalo Winter, who has already assured that 20 FA deputies will reject the parliamentary proposal that will be voted on today in general. For her part, Deputy Karol Cariola confirmed that the PC caucus, FREVS and independents will support the government. “We will reject the constitutional reform. At least most of us will support the government, it is a caucus agreement and if there is a different vote, I do not know,” Cariola said.
But within the ruling party they are not all aligned. This is the case of Democratic Socialism, a bloc that integrates the PS, PPD and PR, since neither the presidents nor the heads of party benches have managed to order their parliamentarians. In this way, it is expected that 13 deputies of the collectivity approve the measure of “free disposal”.
In the PDP, only one of its nine deputies has openly shown his rejection of the project. This was announced by Helia Molina through her social networks, emphasizing that “approving the fifth withdrawal would be the greatest victory of the right, it is a bad policy to use pension savings again.”
The head of the PPD deputies’ caucus, Carolina Marzán, announced that within the caucus there are different positions.
“Today the caucus is in various positions, as is my case, some of us will approve both initiatives, both the parliamentary and the government, and in the case of other parliamentarians they will approve only one of the two initiatives,” he said.
In the Christian Democracy they predict that only two parliamentarians will reject the fifth retirement: Eric Aedo and Alberto Undurraga. “The majority of the caucus will vote in favor of the fifth withdrawal, there are some who will abstain, but that will be defined tomorrow,” Aedo said.
From the opposition, the UDI put a condition to reject the project of “free disposal” promoted by parliamentarians. “As long as the government does not guarantee us the ownership of pension funds, both current and future, as a caucus we have taken an agreement to declare ourselves in reflection regarding the vote on the fifth retirement project,” said UDI deputy Gustavo Benavente.
Anyway, within the party, 23 would be lthe deputies in favor of the withdrawal of 10% if the Executive does not meet the conditions imposed. The same thing that happens with National Renewal, so said the deputy and head of the caucus, Andrés Longton.
“In the caucus there may be more than 20 votes in favor of retirement if the government does not present the reform that ensures that the ownership of the funds belongs to the workers. If he presents it tomorrow, there could be more against it,” he said.
From Evópoli, they announced that there are two votes in favor of the parliamentary project and two against, which would be subject to change if the government’s commitment is fulfilled. “We have been talking with the minister throughout the week and now we are waiting for the project to see if it satisfies us or not satisfies us,” concluded the head of the caucus and deputy, Francisco Undurraga.

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