Chile Political Reform Nears Final Vote, Raising the Bar for New Parties
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The reform of the political system entered its decisive stage in Congress. The project, originally promoted by the former Minister of the Interior, Álvaro Elizalde, seeks to reduce the fragmentation of the parties and to move towards greater governance. The proposal already has the approval in the substantive of both chambers, but differences persist around ... Continue reading "Reform the political system on the right hand side with reservation…
The basic text of the initiative, which strengthens parliamentary committees and raises restrictions on the creation of parties, has already been approved weeks ago by the Senate and the House. There is only one outstanding point that, even if it did not pass, would not prevent the reform from being transferred this week to the Constitutional Court and the President of the Republic for promulgation. In addition, the current government has alread…
What will happen this week is positive but completely insufficient to comprehensively address the ongoing deterioration of the Chilean political system. There is no relationship of proportionality between the magnitude of the problem and the smallness of the solution. This week Congress will finish processing the bill presented by the last government to “promote governance and the representativeness of the political system.” It had already been …
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