The presidential candidate of I Approve Dignity, Gabriel boric, and the deputy Giorgio jackson (RD), asked for a leave without pay for three weeks, due to the electoral agenda for the second round, where the letter of the Christian Social Front will also participate, Jose Antonio Kast.
Deputy Diego Schalper (RN) had questioned Boric and Jackson for not attending the particular vote on the bill that decriminalizes abortion until 14 weeks of gestation, which was finally rejected by the Lower House and was shelved.
“That Gabriel Boric I’m not voting today, just like Giorgio Jackson, it is a national disgrace. Give up their diet. Or come to work. But Chileans do not have to finance the activism of the Communist Party candidate, “Schalper wrote on Twitter.
Deputy Jackson replied that “until yesterday, I had 100% attendance at the Chamber of Deputies in almost 8 years. But given the risk that people like you and Kast will become government, I decided yesterday to suspend my participation in the Chamber for three weeks, without pay, and work 100% to win the second round “.
Until yesterday, I had 100% attendance at the @Camara_cl in almost 8 years.
But faced with the risk of people like you and Kast becoming the government, I decided yesterday to suspend my participation in the chamber for 3 weeks, without pay, and work 100% to win the 2nd round. https://t.co/XguMw8rSya
– Giorgio Jackson ? (@GiorgioJackson) November 30, 2021
For his part, Boric indicated that “we have decided to make that determination now in this final stretch, because due to the intensity of the campaign, due to the trips we have to make, it becomes incompatible.”
“We are seeing cases where there are qualified quorum votes where the match does not run. We are studying what to do in those cases but I do not intend with this, in any case, to remove the issues that are controversial, “added the aspiring to La Moneda.
Deputy Jackson explained that the absence of both had no impact on the rejection of the decriminalization of abortion, as they applied the matching mechanism, an agreement between two parliamentarians – considering their opposite positions – not to participate in the vote, with the aim of not alter quorums.
“There is a way for the absence to have no impact on the result. It is called ‘matching’, and it implies that you ‘net’ your absence with someone who votes differently from you. Today we were paired, so the result of the voting did not was affected, “he said in a tweet.
