This Wednesday The deadline to register the candidates who will compete in the next municipal primaries is over with a view to the October elections of this year. On the other hand, The crisis at Siderúrgica Huachipato continues and its employees demand responses from the Government regarding the possibility of losing their jobs.
To analyze these issues and more, Mirna Schindler spoke this Wednesday in Al Pan Pan with the philosopher, political analyst and academic from the UDP Law School, Hugo Herrera and with the editor of El Mostrador Semanal, Ivan Weissman.
Hugo Herrera
In Las Condes, the movements in Chile Vamos and Republicano continue, after Mayor Daniela Peñaloza gave up running for re-election, and Marcela Cubillos appears as the most likely candidate.
However, the reappearance of the former education minister has raised questions. For example, the analyst Hugo Herrera criticized that she comes “to the richest commune in the country” where he has practically assured victory. Furthermore, he sees another consequence: that the “popular UDI” is practically forgotten.
Ivan Weissman
The crisis at the Huachipato s steel milland became a local problem, with 22 thousand jobs at risk, but also national with the government looking for solutions and looking askance at China.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance, Mario Marcel, has acquired a more political tone in recent days and appealed for a change in tone and form in the economic debate in Chile. “Let’s get the economy out of the political arena, which is not good for either the economy or politics,” he said. Likewise, he insisted on the urgency of reaching agreements on major reforms.