The bench of deputies of Renovación Nacional confirmed that will oppose the advancement of the so-called legislative security fast track agreed between the Government and Congress, which will give priority 32 billsfor «essential» proposals that were left out.
The day before, the president of the Citizen Security Commission of the Chamber, Andrew Longtonwarned that «the prioritized agenda does not represent the RN bench; «They incorporated the projects that seemed convenient to them and that did not cause any difficulty for the Government, leaving aside those that are essential for security.»
«We are not willing to subscribe to any legislative fast track if the basic conditions or red lines of projects that we consider should be there are not there,» the RN deputy remarked this Wednesday. Jose Miguel Castro«such as, for example, the adolescent criminal responsibilitythe treatment of homicides, and of course, the project that typifies the clandestine entry to our country as a crime».
«These are things in which the Government does not want to advance»lashed out the parliamentarian.
The objections were echoed outside that committee, since the president of the House Constitution Commission, Miguel Ángel Calisto (Democrats), agreed that «this is a list of projects that the Executive has prioritized, and it seems legitimate to us, but It is not the prioritization that Congress or the commissions have«.
«We are also going to process projects that are important and urgent, which, for example, confront arms trafficking, and especially uncontrolled immigration in the north of the country,» he stated.
THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
Given the opposition claim, the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohárevealed that «this agreement is headed by the Executive and the presidents of both chambers, and the president of the Senate (José García Ruminot) is also from RN. So I I hope that these apprehensions raised by the RN bench are resolved«.
Therefore, he urged them to try «to coordinate, collaborate, prioritize, and Projects that are not on the fast track do not mean that they will not be discussed.(but) they will not have time priority in the immediate term, nothing more.»
In turn, from the ruling party, the deputy Jaime Araya (ind-PPD) considered that «what about RN It looks more like a tantrum, because not all the projects they would like are there. «That’s not how you advance democracy, that’s imposing your thoughts.»
«We need to act responsibly, with maturity, and understand that the projects that are proposed are important, that they have been agreed with all the parties, even with the opposition, so we I would call for a more collaborative spiritto leave egocentrism aside a little,» he concluded.