[Politics] “In favor”: businessmen come out to dance to the rhythm of the Republicans

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It's a birthday this month, so no one's mad! Although it must be recognized that the closing of the Constitutional Council on Monday of this week was not happy. In the ruling party, each one spoke to his public and a unitary speech was conspicuous by its absence. The opposition was more orderly, but with a very identity-based discourse. This is how this new phase of the second constitutional process ends, with an uncertain result, while President Gabriel Boric visits Joe Biden in Washington.

For this reason, we are going to dedicate a large part of this +Politics to unraveling what is coming in these last days before the plebiscite on December 17. The highlight of the week is the businessmen's decision to go out and convince that “For” is the best option.
In the former Concertación, its main leader, Ricardo Lagos Escobar, warned that he will vote “Against.” His former collaborator, Jorge Correa Sutil, warned that the text has flaws and proposed a solution. Andrés Velasco will speak soon.

Meanwhile, in the Municipality of Las Condes – the jewel in the municipal crown – knives are flying at the possibility of fighting for mayor against Daniela Peñaloza.
And in our bonus track this week: three questions to historian Alfredo Jocelyn-Holt, who explains why minorities are ruling us and warns us to start getting used to it.

 

 

Additionally, we reviewed how much the Constitutional Council cost; we recount the scandalous appointment in a notary's office; and the little story behind the complaints against the Minister of Energy.

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Last week, we commented that business owners were publicly leaning toward “For.” This week the topic exploded and had as its most public promoter the president of the Pivotes Foundation and head of the Matte group, Bernardo Larraín Matte, who in separate interviews – on Sunday in the newspaper La Tercera and another, on Thursday, on Radio Cooperativa – explained in detail why to vote “For”.

The entry of businessmen onto the political scene was sudden and occurred in the last ten days. On October 20, the president of the Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC), Ricardo Mewes, said on Radio Pauta that “if we analyze all the agreements that have been made on economic matters, it seems to me that the text that today “We have a day to close it and a day to be approved.” Not everyone liked it: two days later, the president of Sofofa – the primus interpares of the CPC branches –, Rosario Navarro, pointed out in La Tercera that “I believe that it is not the role of a union leader to be speaking to for or against a Constitution.” This controversy ended during the week and several business faces came out in their personal capacity to talk about the plebiscite.

 

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