Strengthening Confidence in the State: President Gabriel Boric Addresses Irregularities and Calls for Better Governance

2023-06-30 20:00:03

The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, stressed the importance of strengthening confidence in the State. And he called to take care of the management due to the damage caused by the irregularities committed by his officials.

His message was in the context of the scandal generated by the direct transfers of public money from the State to foundations, which involves militants of the Democratic Revolution, a party of the government coalition (Broad Front), with the Fundación Democracia Viva.

The case includes embezzlement, tax fraud and influence peddling.

In the opinion of the interviewee, “the governmental boss [del Presidente]that is to say, his way of exercising power, since his electoral victory in 2021, has consisted of replicating concertationist practices, but in a curiously accelerated way”.

“This government coalition has not been able to get rid of the idea that it is a ‘junior concertation,'” Karmy said, in relation to the concertations of different Chilean political parties in recent decades.

For the specialist, in this context, the level of trust of citizens in the State is “very low”.

“In Chile there is a low perception of Justice, Parliament and the Government. The institution with the greatest citizen support, according to surveys, is the Police [Carabineros]”said the teacher.

“Chileans have very low confidence in institutions in general, such as health and even in private banks,” said the interviewee.

According to the latest Cadem survey, the popularity of the Boric Executive, in management since March 2022, reaches 28%.

“The structure of the political exercise in Chile is very elitist, where a promiscuity not surpassed in the years of transition is at stake. [a la democracia] between the large private corporations and the powers of the State,” said the academic from the University of Chile.

In another order, Sputnik spoke with the former Minister of Autonomies of Bolivia, Hugo Siles, who stated that the country “is on its way to becoming one of the leaders in the industrialization of lithium.”

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