The Senate Chamber once again approved an extension to the state of constitutional exception for the south of the country. It is the 17th extension that has been approved since the Executive has requested this measure in the region of La Araucanía and the provinces of Biobío and Arauco, Biobío region.
In an extraordinary session in which the Minister of the Segpres was present, Ana Lya Uriarte; that of Defense, Maya Fernandez; the Undersecretary of the Interior, Manuel Monsalve; and the undersecretary of the Segpres, Macarena Lobos; the measure was approved with 29 votes in favor, one against the senator Jose Miguel Durana (UDI) and an abstention of the senator Yasna Provost (DC).
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The Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohawas absent from the session after being criticized for the rejection in the Lower House of the project that allows extensions to last 35 days.
APPROVED✅| Chamber of the Senate approved an extension of the validity of the state of emergency constitutional exception, in the Region of La Araucanía, and the provinces of Arauco and Biobío.
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New project
Before this new extension was voted on, the Senate approved a project that allows extensions, once they are approved for the sixth time, to have a duration of 30 days and not 15 as it is currently. The initiative must now go through the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies to be applied.
If the measure is rejected, the Senate called for a vote on the new extension on February 24. Remember that this week begins the legislative recess, which runs until the first days of March.
