Parliamentarians of the Christian Democracy (DC) reacted with total rejection to the arrival of another of their militants to the Government of President Gabriel Boric. This is Marcelo García, who took over as coordinator of the Good Living Plan in the Araucanía Region and became the third phalanx militant to hold a position in the Executive; together with former deputies Víctor Torres and Mario Venegas.
Deputy Eric Aedo (DC) expressed his total disagreement with the entry of Christian Democrats into the government of President Boric. He said that “someone who wins a public contest is one thing and the political decision is another thing.” In his opinion, “the government does itself a disservice”, stressing that it has warned the minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency (Segpres), Ana Lya Uriarte, “not to generate wedges within the party with this kinds of decisions.
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“I regret that the Government insists on producing the division of the DC. And if that is the decision that the Executive has made or some that enter La Moneda, then that they say it with total clarity before public opinion,” said Deputy Aedo .
Deputy Joanna Pérez maintained that García’s entry into the Good Living Plan “is yet another sign that there is a DC sector that is resolutely seeking to enter the Government”, something that “has many grassroots comrades very upset”. The parliamentarian affirmed that “the Christian Democratic Party is important for the country, but when it is autonomous and not when it seeks to be the caboose of the left.”
It should be noted that García, former candidate for deputy and former chief of staff of Senator Francisco Huenchumilla, became the third Falangist in La Moneda. Before, Víctor Torres was in the Superintendence of Health. And, Mario Venegas as director of the Junaeb, also in La Araucanía.
“The DC is not a government party. That is why I have expressed my annoyance to Minister Tohá, because this type of appointment has an impact on the internal situation of the party and confuses the public. I hope it does not happen again.” raised Alberto Undurraga, president DC.
The DC fragmented after the resignation of more than 800 militants in recent months, deepening an internal crisis that involved the recent departure of senators Matías Walker and Ximena Rincón, who are preparing to seal their path to the nascent Democratic Party, from where the parliamentarian could plan her own presidential bid. Meanwhile, the also resigned governor of the RM, Claudio Orrego, tries to build his own space thinking about an eventual race towards La Moneda, the survivors of the Falangist catastrophe fight to be the saviors of a discredited party.
A few days ago, Senator Francisco Huenchumilla (DC) launched a criticism of the fragmented party after the constitutional plebiscite on September 4. “The National Board agreed to vote I Approve and a senator and a senator and several deputies were for the Rejection; I never knew of a statement for that breach of the Board’s agreements. And now they demand compliance with the Board’s Agreements?”, he lashed out. .
In the words of Senator Huenchumilla, in the DC, “they look for pretexts to be against the government and make pacts with the right.” “I am independent of the government and I have to criticize what my conscience tells me, but I would never make arrangements with the right as the senators who left have done —nook and walker—, with the silence or consent of some deputies,” he declared.
