The helmsman of the Socialist Party (PS), Paulina Vodanovicgave up for dead this Tuesday the so-called “ring theory” within the Governmentfollowing the President Gabriel Boric remove from the front line two of his closest and most mediatic ministers, Izkia Siches y Giorgio Jacksonstrongly criticized by the opposition, and turn to the center of the left by replacing them with Carolina Toha y Ana Lya Uriarterespectively.
Two days following the plebiscite, the first cabinet reshuffle in the six months in office changed the balances in the Political Committeethe body led by the Head of State and in which the strategies are outlined and the most relevant decisions of the Executive are made, and represents a turnaround by increasing the number of members close to the Coalition.
“Today we can no longer talk regarding this theory of the rings that was coined at some point, but rather we are all the parties of both coalitions represented equallybeing able to contribute from our different visions to complement the management of the Government”, said Vodanovic in conversation with What’s Left of the Dayonce finished the meeting called by Boric in La Moneda in order to address the new constitutional process.
“I believe that we have different visions on certain issues and that complements each other. It is very good that there are different generations, different experiences and different positions on certain issues, because finally a good synthesis results from that,” said the socialist leader.
According to Vodanovic, “in the meeting that took place in the followingnoon with the President and the political parties, it was also seen that we have diversity within all the parties that make up the two coalitions and the right, but that we can reach agreements.”
“WE BEGIN A NEW POLITICAL CYCLE”
“This day seems like a good day to me because we are starting a new political cycle, precisely with a meeting summoned by the President to all the political parties – only the Republican Party was subtracted – and with which a dialogue is initiated to enable a new constituent process. That seems like great news to me,” said the president of the PS following the meeting in La Moneda with the forces represented in Congress.
At 3:00 p.m. this Wednesday, the first meeting of the political parties will be held in Congress to draw up the new constituent process.
In this regard, the leader emphasized that said instance “is being summoned to enable a new constitutional process, because, otherwise, if this possibility did not exist, not if this agreement was not made, the way we would have to reform the current Constitution, which is the Constitution of 1980, is that the Parliament makes and discusses a new project or that the President summons a commission of experts as has been traditional in Chile, and that commission of experts between a project and that project is discussed in Congress “.
“Then, taking into account that the citizenry recently voted for a convention to draft the Constitution, that process is being enabled once more”defended.
“The President has especially requested that the dialogue include social organizations, unions, neighborhood associationsetc., for the purposes of also taking the citizen’s opinion,” he said.
