Government seeks to unblock pension reform before voting in the House Labor Commission | National

The Chamber’s Work Committee might finalize the first stage of the pension reform tomorrow, Wednesday, with the idea of ​​approving the idea of ​​legislating the project, before the legislative recess.

Last-minute negotiations have been promoted by the Government to be able to unlock the first vote of one of the most important reforms on its agenda: the pension reform.

Until an hour ago, there was no certainty that the Labor Commission might define the idea of ​​legislating the project, but the Executive reached an agreement that includes part of what they had requested in the DC, the PPD and, in part, some parliamentarians of Chile Let’s go.

However, the Government finally agreed and presented a proposal: a technical panel of experts, with which it is intended to “accelerate” the processing, and define a set of indications that are resolved in the discussion in particular, until the 31st of march.

The idea, as Labor Minister Jeannette Jara had pointed out earlier, is that the opposition can make a political gesture, approve the idea of ​​legislating, and then enter into this discussion.

With this, the president of the commission, Alberto Undurraga summoned the commission for tomorrow at 10:30 in the morning, noting that with this announcement the conditions are met to vote on the initiative.

Something that does not convince the opposition, where they were very critical of this proposal. Deputy Cristián Labbé, from the UDI, said that they have not been listened to, and that they continue to think that a kind of “blank sheet” cannot be delivered regarding a “bad project”, which is why they would NOT vote in favor, according to Frank Sauerbaum (RN).

In the ruling party, on the other hand, the position is clear and they call to value the political signal that the Government is giving with a vote of confidence, where the changes must come later, according to the deputy Andrés Giordano.