Boric says the social epidemic plaguing Chile is not an “anti-capitalist revolution”

Boric, 36, is at an age when many of his peers are protesting in the streets. “must challenge us all” on October 18 discussing the horizons of change frustrated by the defeat of the Constitution drafted after the social upheaval. Congress now has the opportunity to prepare another basic text. Time flies. “Already It’s time to step out of our comfort zone“The head of state also called for an answer to the economic and social demands that shook that country and caused 31 dead and eye injuries to dozens of men and women, among other injuries.

The unsuccessful attempt to change the Magna Carta was a way to bring a solution to the conflict that ran through the major Chilean cities. The defeat of this proposal at the ballot box changed the political reality. “There were long months and months in which (more than 70% of the population) supported the social epidemic.… one of the reasons we got to this point is that politicians (inability to respond to demands) … we have made little progress since then, we have yet to complete reforms that address the weakness of people’s rights. against”.

Boric, whose approval level less than 30%, less than a year after coming to power, did not ignore the balance of that “explosion”. In this sense, he predicted, “the violence turned against the causes of the epidemic.” “Human rights violations such as eye damage, sexual assault, serious injuries, even deaths are unacceptable and at the same time, the Carabineros have our full support to fight crime and maintain control of public order.” within the framework of the rule of law. “There is no dichotomy between the two positions and we will defend it,” he said.

Criticism from right and left

The right-wing opposition, which took the political initiative vigorously after the popular turnout, criticized the president’s intervention. “It is clear that he assumes that the government suffered an ideological defeat it also acknowledges that there has been no systematic violation of human rights. “By denouncing the violence, he is apparently turning away from the Communist Party,” said UDI MP Sergio Bobadilla.

Faced with protests, Diego Schalper, general secretary of president Sebastián Piñera’s party, National Renewal (RN), described Boric’s support for the Carabineros as “warm”. He said Boric had to do a “political juggling” to “talk to everybody and not talk to anybody”.

Carlos Ruíz, the author of the book ‘Chilean October: the irruption of a new people’ and an influential left-wing intellectual especially from the industry where Boric’s figure grew up, also reminded that nothing has changed since 2019. This is about the audacity of the current executive authorities. “This government has no name, no coalition, and therefore no program.He warned that a new danger was looming in Chile, because “nothing happened here”, with elites admitting that they could not predict social explosion. The social crisis has not been resolved.

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In this context, the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH) reported that 2,879 out of a total of 3,151 complaints filed by the Institute were stopped because the defendants did not appear in court or could not be identified. It appears that the Public Ministry’s efforts remain insufficient to identify the defendants and continue to determine criminal liability,” he said. According to INDH, the government “a comprehensive repair policy includes measures aimed at rehabilitating the conditions or situation prior to the violation of victims’ human rights, including, for example, the rehabilitation of physical or psychological harm suffered by victims; compensatory compensation for the consequences of harm or loss suffered and satisfaction through public actions to recognize the facts and the victims”.