Raúl Leiva (PS), President of the Constitutional Commission of the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies, consulted in Monday’s session whether there is an agreement on the matter to merge the 10 projects. The idea had been floating for several days and, in fact, it was expected to be achieved last week, but in view of the suspicion that the room would not have the necessary votes, it was decided to postpone the strategy which would allow the government to press the issue. . For one more year..
What happened. The Constitutional Committee of the Chamber of Deputies spent a little less than 20 minutes starting its regular session on Monday, when the body’s president, Raul Leiva (PS), presented 10 bills of legislation for consultation for the consideration of re-creating . Who wants to make sixth withdrawal from pension fund feasible.
- Taking advantage of the absence of MPs who have been promoting the initiative – such as deputy Pamela Giles – Leiva asked the rest of the legislators whether they supported the idea. Only 7 representatives were present in the Constitutional Commission when Leiva consulted about the idea of reconstruction projects.
- The view was unanimous, so in the instance it was not even necessary to vote on the view. A few minutes later, Deputy Giles joined the session.
- In the chamber of the lower house, the request was approved with 114 votes in favor, 3 against – Frank Sauerbaum (RN), George Rathgeb (RN) and Sergio Bobadilla (UDI) – and 3 abstentions – Miguel Ángel Calisto (CDU) I went. , Cristian Labé (UDI) and Juan Antonio Coloma (UDI) -.
- The projects that will now only be discussed are those that demand the withdrawal of 10% of the pension fund, such as the deputy Ruben Oyarzo in which it allows the transfer of funds in 10 cases, and also those that allow 100 % Withdrawal of money.
Speed up the discussion. The idea of merging ten projects is not a new one. LIVA’s commitment was to process the initiatives, but after the May 7 elections so as not to color the discussion with the election climate.
- Last week, it was the same pro-government representatives who spoke to government officials to explain the strategy.
- Within the dialogues that took place in the corridors of Congress, he pointed to the Ministers of Segrepress, Alvaro Elizalde, of Finance, Mario Marcel, and Jeannette Jara of Labour; That the idea was to unite the ten projects into one.
- This idea had the approval of the Executive Committee. The main reason being that discussing the 10 projects separately would generate “legislative haemorrhage”, they believe it could be about four months in which the pension withdrawal is on discussion and communication is leading the agenda.
- The executive informed the pro-government delegates that they wanted to “get over the issue” as soon as possible, which would only be achieved by having a project. “What we’re doing today is accelerating,” Leiva said after the chamber voted on the idea.
- That is why the MPs were informed about the strategy through WhatsApp. Although the idea of merging the projects in a vote at the end of the session was put to the commission, this was initially done taking advantage of low attendance.
- If this was not done last week, Congress sources explained, it is because they wanted to ensure the majority of the room, which was achieved during the day on Monday.
- Overall, those in the ruling party want the bill to be sent from the commission with a negative report in the week of May 29, when the district week returns, and in early June it is generally rejected in the room. . less camera. If it is completed, the government may put the issue on the backburner for another year and prioritize the executive’s agenda on tax and pension matters.
