The government spokesperson, Camila Vallejo, addressed the future of the State of Constitutional Exception in the south and reiterated that the measure will not be extended as the previous administration of Sebastián Piñera had been doing.
“What we can say, for the moment, is that we are not going to extend the constitutional state of exception in Wallmapu, it is what we have constantly said and we reiterate it,” said Minister Vallejo, after participating in the “prayer for Chile” .
It should be remembered that the measure is in force in the provinces of Biobío and Arauco (Biobío Region), in addition to Malleco and Cautín (La Araucanía Region).
The head of the Segegobse also referred to the support that President Gabriel Boric gave to the Constitutional Convention in his first speech as head of state.
President Boric stated in a move that was considered risky that “we are going to strongly support the work of the Constitutional Convention”, in addition, he added that “we have to listen to each other in good faith, without caricatures so that the exit plebiscite is a point of encounter and not division”.
The risk would be that he wins the rejection in the exit plebiscite, however, the spokesperson minister ruled out that the president’s support for the drafting body could be detrimental to the government. “What would become of politics if we don’t take risks? We have risked a lot to be able to reach the government, to have a Constitutional Convention,” she stated.
“Many were left behind to achieve this historic moment and, therefore, our duty and mandate is to take care of the constitutional process and ensure that in the exit plebiscite we leave behind the legacy of the civic-military dictatorship,” Vallejo concluded.
