Santiago, Chile.- After the surprisingly close result between… Janet Jara and José Antonio Cast After the elections that took place on Sunday in Chile, the two presidential candidates are already trying to find new votes before the runoff on December 14.
Again, during the election campaign, the Communist candidate and the Conservative candidate adjust their strategies to match Seducing the voters of the independent Franco Parisi (People’s Party, PDG), Which received about 20% of the votes, according to a first poll after Sunday’s elections An important advantage for the Republican Party candidate for the second round.
reconnaissance Citizen UDD plate An opinion poll was conducted on voting intentions in the runoff from Sunday evening – after the official results were announced – until midday on Monday. As stated mercuryIn response to the question, “If the second presidential round were next Sunday, which candidate would you vote for?” A 61% Of those surveyed said they would choose Jose Antonio Castwhile A 39% He confirmed that he would lean toward Janet Jara.
Moreover, A 12% answered that they would not vote or that they would cancel the elections Your voice. If subtracted from the total number Cast You will arrive 54% vs. a 34% to rockrose.
The study also detailed this rockrose That would achieve a 43% of voters’ preferencesThe usual“, while it will only achieve 22% Of support Voters “They were forced to vote.” next to, Cast You will get 49% to Votes In a Voluntary scenario And a 62% From backups in Mandatory scenario
In search of those voters who did not choose any of the winners last sunday, Communist presidential candidate unity for chile, He has promised to incorporate Franco Baresi’s action into his platform. After the DUP leader winked during his victory speech and hinted that he would support a VAT refund on medicines, he on Tuesday indicated Restricting the salaries of public employeesAccording to Parisian request.
In an interview with Radio Cooperativa, Jara considered that the candidate “pointed out things that are very necessary, which is his wallet, especially for the middle class in this country.” He then stated that he had “several interesting proposals.”
“Some we would take, others we had already taken into account. But especially on the issue of salaries of trusted officials, I would like to say the following. We will limit the salaries of political officials to a total of 5 million pesos (about $5,400).He warned, “To everyone who believes that this is not enough for him and that an exception must be made, which is what happened in this government, I tell him from now on not to even think about applying for any kind of responsibility.”
And hereby I announce it It would set the limit “without exceptions in all positions of political trust.”. “By the way, the positions of ministers, deputy ministers, senior public administration, and the President of the Republic are defined by law. There is some appreciation In positions through a mandate called critical and many, note that although this government has tried to do this, they have stated that they are exceptions, and this does not seem true to me. So we will do it and we will do it well.”
In another apparent attempt to get closer to the candidate who came in third place, he confirmed this “Franco (Parisi) was clear that votes here are not political spoils for anyone.” “It is the people who should decide. “If there is one thing that is clear to me from the message, it is that the middle sectors in Chile want to emerge and that has always motivated me as well,” he said.
For his part, Kast confirmed this on Tuesday His government’s plan “synchronizes” with Parisi’s proposals He mentioned that They “work” to reach their voters. In a radio interview, Kast was asked how they hope to reach Parisi’s voters, and he replied: “With our proposal, we have a government plan based on three axes, which also coincides with Franco Parisi’s proposals.”
He added: “Our three axes are confronting an issue protectionthe topic economic, jobit focuses a lot on that, including the issue of meritand the topic socialthe Health crisisthe Housing crisis and “Education crisis”The conservative candidate confirmed. Then he added that based on these three axes and the 33 measures, they coincide in many points with what Franco Baresi proposes. “It will be the people who choose,” he said. “Franco Baresi himself said it: I am not the owner of the votes.”
Regarding Parisi’s statements on election night, Cast indicated that they are “understandable, because he realizes that votes are not very personal.” However, he added:It may be important for the candidate to determine who he will support. “On the contrary, he decided that he would not support anyone and that we should go out to work,” he added.
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