Senator Walker: "It's a wake up call for us who want to give lessons in democracy." In Chile, opens the discussion again after the government imposed additional requirements Piñera for Chileans to vote abroad. The bill states that could vote who had come to the country during the past eight years and five months of continuous or discontinuous.
"call to Chile" called the senator and president of the Christian Democrats (DC) Ignacio Walker, the presidential electoral process in Peru, highlighting the overseas vote of Peruvian emigrants.
"We note with emotion how Peruvians in Chile were able to vote outside of Peru. This is a warning to us that sometimes we want to give lessons in democracy and not allow the Chilean overseas can vote, "said Senator Walker.
About 62 000 Peruvian citizens residing in Chile, met in absolute normality with a civic duty to cast their vote for presidential and parliamentary elections in Peru.
Peruvians living abroad vote for more than a quarter century, when other countries in the region do just the past few years, as case of Bolivia. While in Chile, opened the discussion again, after the Piñera government imposed additional requirements for Chileans to vote abroad.
government reform the bill states that could vote Chileans who had come to the country during the past eight years and five months of continuous or discontinuous.
"We do not want links because we believe it is an arbitrary measure, the idea is to expand democracy and give that power because it is a right, Chileans are like all of us." Said Sen. Isabel Allende.
With regard to the Peruvian electoral process in Chile, in conversation with the senator said that Exchange 21 is the best demonstration of thousands of eligible voters personas en el mayor orden, sin ningún trastorno, sin ningún reclamo, y sin ninguna condición."
Ante la propuesta del gobierno, la senadora aclaró que "no sé entender porque el gobierno está obsesionado con el vínculo cuando es una discriminación y no tiene mucha justificación en América latina". Asimismo reiteró que "aquí la Constitución dice que tiene derecho a voto todo mayor de 18 años mientras no haya sido condenado a una pena aflictiva, (sobre tres años y un día) y por lo tanto no entendemos la postura del gobierno y por eso apelamos al Tribunal Constitucional".
Del mismo modo, reaccionó el diputado PPD Tucapel Jiménez, al ver la participación Peruvians living in Chile, to what he called to follow suit.
"The Peruvian democracy has given us an example of unconditional vote of each and all Peruvians living abroad, this should serve as a lesson, once and for all give the right to vote to Chileans living overseas. "Jimenez said.
In this context, the government invited the legislature to give Piñera stand back and eliminate conditions that want to impose on Chileans living abroad to exercise their right to vote. "The only condition to vote is to be Chilean, as stated in the Constitution of the Republic," adding that "pretending to fall into place conditions the smallness of political calculation. "
Peruvians abroad represent about 5% of the electoral roll, so important in defining presidential Jimenez said, noting that" unlike in Chile, has never doubted their rights, as in our country. "
According to INE data, only 12% of those living outside our borders do so for political reasons, 31% have family reasons, 40% economic justifications and 3% for study, so the fear of the right, would not be justified, as on the subject said Sen. Soledad Alvear.
Source: Cambio21.
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