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Chile reform gets going as new ministers appointed
Guillermo Teillier, the president of the Chilean Communist Party, affirms the party's full confidence in the cabinet appointed by the president-elect, reports HUGO GUZMAN
Guillermo Teillier, the president of the Chilean Communist Party
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THE Communist Party of Chile (CPCh) is “happy and very satisfied” with the ministers appointed to Gabriel Boric’s cabinet: “They are going to be very good ministers, they have complex tasks ahead of them, the three of them,” announced Guillermo Teillier.
He further said: “The government spokesperson (Camila Vallejo) is extremely important, Minister for Labour (Jeanette Jara) will have central issues such as decent employment, decent wages, pension reform, while Minister for Science and Technology (Flavio Salazar), will seek to encourage innovative development in the country driven by science and technology as Chile cannot continue to just sell raw materials — a process of national development to create an internal industrial strength must begin.”
Vallejo and Jara will be in very sensitive ministerial portfolios. “Won’t they be too overexposed? Is there a look of concern about this?” we asked. “Look, the ministers have just been appointed,” said Teillier, “and we will have to see the cabinet at work to give a more definite opinion. The important thing is that everyone has to be ready to fulfil the programme.”
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