Giorgio Jackson, Minister of the Segpres, confirmed that the Chamber of Deputies will process this Wednesday the State of Exception in the North Macrozone, which was already extended once by the previous administration. The former parliamentarian met this morning with the boards of directors of both chambers of Congress to evaluate the legislative priorities for this new period.
The Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Giorgio Jackson, confirmed that the Chamber of Deputies will process the State of Exception in the North Macrozone this Wednesday.
The measure was announced last February and the previous administration has already extended it once, so the support of Congress will now be required for it to remain in force.
“I have been able to make myself available to those processing projects, both in messages from previous governments and in motions, to make a combination between the priorities of Congress and the projects that interest the Executive”he pointed out following a meeting with the new directors of both chambers of Congress.
Among these initiatives, he confirmed that will seek to extend the State of Exception in the North Macrozone. “Tomorrow, in the Chamber of Deputies, there will be processing regarding the State of Constitutional Exception in the north,” said the Secretary of State, who held a meeting with the president of this corporation, Raúl Soto (PPD).
On the contrary, both the ministers Izkia Siches (Interior) and Camila Vallejo (Segegob) have insisted that The Government will not extend the State of Exception in the Southern Macrozone.
“Until now, we are going to continue to maintain the opinion that has been official from the Government. I am not going to budge from the statements made by the official spokesperson,” Jackson said.
On the other hand, the head of the Segpres avoided giving further statements regarding what happened this morning in the region of La Araucaníawhen a burst of shots was heard during a visit by Minister Izkia Siches to the Ercilla commune.
Jackson will receive Senate priorities
The president of the Senate, Álvaro Elizalde (PS), said that They will send their proposals to the Executive and will coordinate to evaluate the priorities of this new period.
“Once we have the specific proposal from the Senate, we are going to make it public and we are going to take into consideration the proposals from the Executive,” he said.
parliamentarian He did not want to anticipate which projects will be a priority for the benches of the Upper Houseindicating that they will meet this Tuesday to agree.
Specifically, he indicated that the subject of the fifth retreat was not addressed in the meeting with Minister Jackson and that The State of Exception in the South Macrozone is something that generates different views within the corporation.
Finally, he referred to exit plebiscite of the new constitutional textassuring that the Convention sent an official letter to the main powers of the State and that their requirements will be analyzed.
