He left his partners in Chile unhappy with the statements issued by the former presidential candidate Ignacio Briones, who in Third He made it clear that he did not vote in the second round for José Antonio Kast, whom he criticized for not having a government program. The former minister stressed that what Kast represents “is an involution rather than an evolution of where I think a modern center-right should stop.”
In his Twitter account, the senator elect for the Metropolitan Region, Luciano Cruz Coke, expressed his criticism of his party partner. “I regret to disagree with Ignacio Briones, ignoring the agreement that the General Council of Evopoli approved by 80%, and that all of its leaders, including him, consciously decided to subscribe. Support for JAK and refusal to be part of a possible government was discussed at length and voted in favor” , he pointed out.
Although Cruz Coke stressed that the right to annul the vote “is exclusive and personal,” he questioned that “establishing a party decision as a factor for losing ideological direction, when it has been argued in favor of the one that causes it, seems a simplistic way of disengaging a posteriori of the sustained position “.
“Establishing Manichean distinctions between evolutionists and involutionists does not cooperate in the future of a liberal project. It is always feasible to analyze the relevance of decisions as long as the action of others is not underestimated or commitments assumed with responsibility are unknown,” he emphasized.
Sorry to disagree with @signal_briones ignoring the agreement that the General Council @evopoli approved by 80% and that all of its leaders, himself included, we consciously decided to subscribe.
Support for JAK and refusal to join an eventual government was discussed at length and voted in favor– Luciano Cruz-Coke – SENATOR RM (@lcruzcoke) December 26, 2021
Added to the criticism was the UDI deputy Juan Manuel Fuenzalida, who said that Briones “urgently needs a bath of humility, because so far in politics he has not been any contribution and, above all, he is the technical manager that the Chileans have passed hunger during the pandemic, which later translated into a vote of punishment towards our sector ”.
“By acknowledging that he did not vote for Kast or Boric, the former Minister of Finance is showing us his total political selfishness with our country, because regardless of whether he had differences with the candidate who supported Chile Vamos, by not voting for him he contributed directly in the triumph of Boric, which represents the complete opposite of what we want as a future for Chile ”, criticized the parliamentarian.
Briones answers
Ignacio Briones, in the face of criticism, reinforced his statements. In an interview with Channel 13 he reaffirmed his sayings, assuring that Kast’s right-wing project “is an involution” and that the leader of the Republican Party “had no program.”
“I don’t know where Luciano got it from that percentage, to my knowledge it was less, but that’s not relevant,” said Briones, who, while acknowledging that the important thing is that the Evopoli National Council decided by majority to support Kast, ” It is the moment to ask ourselves what happened, where we failed and how we see ourselves moving forward “.
The former minister stated that he does not remove the agreement, but that “rather than discussing on Twitter, I am summoned by how we can go back to thinking about an ambitious project that has to be reformist, offer changes, social justice and a look that connects with the Chilean society “.
