The Chamber of Deputies and Deputies rejected the motion of censure promoted by the Republican Party and the Social Christian Party against the table of that corporation, chaired by Karol Cariola (Communist Party), and which was elected last week thanks to a narrow margin.
The initiative received 69 votes in favor, 76 against and seven abstentions, the latter corresponding to Miguel Ángel Calisto, Joanna Pérez and Jorge Saffirio of Democrats; Andrés Jouannet and Erika Olivera from Amarillos, and the former PDG Rubén Oyarzo and Francisco Pulgar.
The right en bloc supported the motiondespite the fact that several deputies from Chile Vamos criticized «amateurism» of its promoters, who presented it less than 24 hours after the election.
«Everything you try has a risk.; «here was the possibility of it being approved or rejected,» reflected after the vote. Republican caucus leader Stephan Schubertalthough he highlighted that «69 votes were obtained (in favor), that is not minor.»
«Clearly there is a risk, but We were guided by the principle that it was what had to be done; It is the same as if a police officer sees a criminal and decides not to pursue him, thinking that tomorrow he will be on the loose again. «That should not be done,» he concluded.
From the Social Christian Party, the deputy Francesca Muñoz admitted that «We do not have a majority of votes, but that cannot prevent our oversight work.. In that context, we are going to continue along the same lines.»
CARIOLA RULES OUT A «PERSONAL ATTACK»
The reason stated by the Republicans and the Social Christians for introducing the proposal is that the minister of the Segpres, Alvaro Elizalde, supposedly offered the first vice presidency to Gaspar Rivasa controversy that already cost the deputy his expulsion from the People’s Party.
However, from the first moment it became clear that the true objective was prevent a communist militant from leading the corporationa milestone that Cariola achieved for the first time in the history of the Chamber.
⭕️With 76 votes against, 69 in favor and 7 abstentions, the Chamber rejects the claim of the conduct of the Board composed of @KarolCariola (Chairwoman), @GasparRivas (First Vice President) and @EricAedoJeldres (Second Vice President).
— Deputies of Chile (@Camara_cl) April 22, 2024
After the Chamber session, Cariola highlighted the vote of «Yellows and Democratswho have played a role in this and made a decision where sanity, good sense and a position to protect an institution prevailed as the Chamber of Deputies».
«However, I also think it is very important to highlight that There is no way we are going to take this as a personal attack.«from the table, added the leader of the corporation.
In any case, in his turn, the deputy Rivas regretted that the right used his statements to try to remove Cariola of the headstock.
He head of the PC bench, Luis Cuelloagreed with the deputy, that «what was at stake is not our position as a party, but rather the table of the Chamber, and the Chamber of Deputies in its normal, habitual functioning».
«Definitely, These kinds of actions are only useful for trying to torpedoprevent the normal functioning of the National Congress, and that is what is at stake, not anything else,» added the deputy.
CHILE VAMOS REDOUBLES RECRIMINATIONS
From the right-wing coalition, the head of the UDI deputies, Juan Antonio Colomarevealed that «last week we were only one vote away» that this table was not validated, «from a deputy who did not get to vote. Today we lost by 14 votes«.
«When these projects are led by more extreme groups, the possibility of reaching the center and winning elections is lost, and what happened today is that Hasty, amateur actions end up ratifying, in less than a week and twice, the Communist Party in charge of the table of the Chamber of Deputies,» the union member reproached.
In the same line, his RN pair, Ximena Ossandónsaid he hopes that «this will not happen again, but Political responsibility must be assumed by the Republican Party and the Social Christian Party«.