17 senators from the ruling party presented a request to the Constitutional Court for the Isapres Short Law, ensuring that the regulations “have violated the Constitution” and requesting that legislation not continue regarding the mutualization of the debt of private insurers.
It was last Monday that the law that seeks to make the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the Isapres viable was sent from the Senate to the House. The project contemplates the mutualization of the debt, that is, a reduction to US$451 million, corresponding to less than half of what the Health Superintendency estimated at the time.
In this framework, this Friday, and with the support of 17 pro-government senators, Senator Juan Luis Castro (PS) led a group of parliamentarians to go to the Constitutional Court in response to this situation.
“A flagrant violation has been committed of a restrictive provision which is that all social security regulations, which in this case were contributions of people, contributions that the Supreme Court ordered to be returned to thousands of Chileans affected by the table of factors, have been “seen violated as a result, first, that the Senate table declared admissible a norm that is known to be the exclusive sponsorship of the Executive, and second, it reduced the quorum with respect to said vote,” Castro argued.
Along with pointing out that “a favor has been done to the private Isapres system, reducing the debt,” he also clarified that before the Constitutional Court they claim that it is “an absolute and clear provision that any social security norm can only be the prerogative of the executive power”, being that in this case it was introduced by a parliamentary motion.
In response to this, he accused that, in addition, it was declared admissible “when it was not” and that “a simple quorum vote that allowed the so-called mutualization” was also facilitated.
“The substance is reprehensible and the Constitution has been violated in the procedure,” he emphasized.
“The Executive Branch never considered this matter, nor did it have the intention to introduce this amendment, because it not only harms users (…) but also leaves in the hands of third-party parliamentarians a provision that might never have been in Chile, regarding social security.” been touched by parliamentarians,” Castro noted.
The decision to go to the TC had already been announced days ago by parliamentarians who were not satisfied with the approval of the mutualization.
“We are not going to accept that the Constitution of the Republic is violated (…) we prefer to come now immediately, impose this action in the middle of the processing so that there is never once more progress on matters that might not be legislated,” he indicated.
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