José Antonio Kast won the Presidency of Chile with 58.7% compared to 41.83% for Janet Jara, a result that, according to Chilean analyst Gonzalo Cordero, expresses “great disappointment” with the government of Gabriel Boric. In an interview on TalCual’s Noche D, Cordero maintained that Kast is not an “extreme” and anticipated a management focused on security, migration and economic reactivation
José Antonio Kast won the Chilean presidential second round by a wide margin: 58.7% of the votes compared to 41.83% for Janet Jara, with 99.65% of the tables counted. For the Chilean political analyst Gonzalo Corderothe size of the result not only confirms previous polls, but makes Kast the candidate with the most votes since the return to democracy and marks a political close to the cycle that brought Gabriel Boric to power.
In conversation with Víctor Amaya in Night D SuchWhich This Thursday, December 18, Cordero explained that the key to victory was in the recomposition of the opposition vote. In the first round, he said, Jara was the only “relevant” candidate associated with the continuity of the government, while the rest of the competitive candidates were in the opposition. In the runoff, that majority ended up lining up behind Kast.
The analyst also rejected the characterizations that have accompanied the president-elect, presented in headlines and networks as “far-right” or “son of a Nazi.” He stated that It is “a caricature” and denied that this description is true, pointing out that Kast’s father arrived in Chile after World War II as a refugee. Politically, defined Kast as a “classical” conservative and assured that he is respectful of the democratic order and institutional rules.
Regarding the defeat of the left, Cordero was forceful when evaluating Boric’s government: he described it as “a great disappointment.” He linked this negative balance to the increase in insecurity, the presence of organized crime, the deterioration of penitentiary control and the frustration generated by the constitutional process. In your reading, The proposal for a new Constitution—rejected by a large majority—left the Executive “without a project” and pushed it into purely administrative management.
Looking ahead to the new period, Cordero anticipated that Kast will seek an “emergency government” focused on three priorities: security, control of illegal immigration and economic reactivation through reduction of bureaucracy and control of public spending. In immigration matters, he stressed that the focus will be on those who entered irregularly and defended the idea of requiring formal procedures to remain in the country.
In foreign policy, he foresees a pragmatic approach. Kast, he said, will prioritize the interest of Chile and seek institutional relations with key countries in the region, regardless of the type of their governments, as long as they are democratic administrations. Although he will take office without a parliamentary majority, he recalled that Congress is fragmented, which opens space for specific agreements on security, migration and the economy.
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