He Runoff of the presidential elections in Chile with this Sunday, December 14th. In this context, Chilean citizens will define theirs new president. In this sense the doubt arises who are the candidates taking part in the elections?
There will be a vote on this occasion Jeannette Jara And José Antonio Kastbased on the results of the general elections which took place on November 16th last year. The candidate des Communist Party – Unity for Chile He won with more than 26% of the vote. However, it was not enough to win: in Chile, in order to be directly elected in the first round, a presidential candidate must receive this absolute majority of votes. This means receiving more than half of the valid votes cast, which is not the case the candidates to succeed Gabriel Boric Perfomance.
In this sense, this Sunday is the one official candidate and the first communist activist to lead a left-wing coalition will be measured against him in the runoff José Antonio Kastdes Republican Partywho received almost 24% of the vote in the last elections.
Jeannette Jara, militant of Communist Partyemerges as the only candidate official parties who support them Government of Gabriel Boric in Chile. Politics has to be first communist president since the return to democracy.
The lawyer of humble origins, born in Conchalí and from a town, has consolidated her political rise Minister of Labor in the current government. During his term in office, he was instrumental in promulgating important laws such as: Reduction of working hours to 40 hours per week and progress on pension reform. These milestones positioned them prominently in the current Chilean political panorama.
In matter economicallyJara suggests preserving and deepening the benefits promoted during the Boric government. Their main proposal is to introduce a vital income of 750,000 Chilean pesos (about $795) for workers to ensure a more solid minimum economic base. The expansion of these social programs is presented as a central component of its platform.
For its part, it wants to promote the abolition of banking secrecy with the aim of drawing up a law illegal money route. There is also gun control as an initiative to reduce the firepower of criminal gangs and the introduction of a biometric register.
José Antonio Kast He is running for his third presidential election (after 2017 and 2021) as leader of the Republican Partyalso supported by the Christian Social Party. In 2021 he won the first round, but lost to incumbent President Gabriel in the runoff.
He is a lawyer and was a deputy. On the political stage he is a reference for the conservative law.
Kast proposes turning irregular migration into a crime and wants to promote mass expulsions.
Another central theme in Kast’s campaign was the public safetywhere he suggests Relentless plan to stop organized crime. This plan calls for the creation of maximum security prisons with total isolation for drug lords and tougher sentences for members of criminal gangs.
One of his notable proposals is to review the application of the legitimate defense aimed at this “End the criminalization of victims who defend themselves”. Despite his harsh approach, the conservative expressed his opposition to the death penalty and considered life imprisonment to be the harshest punishment.
In the Businessthe Republican candidate sparked criticism when he proposed a Tax cut by $6 billion in 18 months. Although he did not elaborate on the formula, he plans to reduce costs by eliminating officials who received their positions through accommodation and by regulating the issuance of medical licenses.
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