A group of opposition deputies called for the elimination of the secret ballot for the election of the board of directors of the Lower House, citing the Constitutional Convention as an example. “Transparency is essential” in their exercise as parliamentarians, they commented.
“Our mandate is to bring the citizen’s will to Parliament. In a representative democracy like ours, transparency in the exercise of said representation is essential, because it allows citizens to evaluate the work of those who exercise the popular mandate,” they indicated in a letter. sent to The Mercury.
This justifies that the general rule for votes in Congress is publicity, and it is what motivated the decision of the Constitutional Convention to make public the votes for its board of directors,” they added.
Along these lines, they urged the current board of directors of the Chamber, chaired by the pro-government deputy Diego Paulsen (RN), to table the project, already approved by the Constitution Commission, which eliminates the reserved nature of the votes in the aforementioned choice.
“We believe that this reform, following the example of the Constitutional Convention, will allow the next legislative period to begin with a concrete advance in transparency and legitimacy,” the legislators concluded.
The letter is signed by the deputies Gonzalo Winter (CS), claudia mix (Common), Vlado Mirosević (PL), Catherine Perez (RD), Boris Barrier (PC), Raul Soto (PPD), Jaime Naranjo (PS) and Alexis Sepulveda (PR).
