In second place was former Minister Carolina Tohá, from Center left, with 27%; Then are Gonzalo Winter (9%), from Front, Boric’s party
Communist Jeannette Jara, former Minister of Labor of the Government of Gabriel Boricthis Sunday won the previews of the Chilean government coalition, becoming a candidate for this sector for the November general elections. With 93% of the votes accounted for, Jara reached 60% of preferences, according to official electoral service data (Servel). In second place was former Minister Carolina Tohá, from Center left, with 27%. Then are Gonzalo Winter (9%), from the Broad Front, Boric’s party, and Jaime Mulet (2.7%), from the Minority Party Regionalist Federation Verde Social. The Chilean law prohibits the 39 -year -old leftist Gabriel Boric to run for a second consecutive term.
The electoral journey, marked by the cold winter in much of the country, outline with a low participation. Jara, a 51 -year -old advocate and communist party militant, emerged as a presidential option after her management as a ministry of labor was able to reduce the weekly workload from 45 to 40 hours. It also boosted and led negotiations to approve a waited for social security reform. It is the first time in Chilean history that a wide political alliance presents a member of the Communist Party as presidential candidate.
Low participation
A little over 1.3 million participants participated in the vote, despite more than 15 million people qualified to vote, corresponding to those registered in the parties of the government and independent coalition. Only the rulers chose to participate in the primary elections provided for in the legislation, organized by the Servel. The other sectors have already appointed or chose their candidates inside. These previews are voluntary, unlike other elections in the country that are mandatory. The only participants who cannot participate are those affiliated with opposition parties.
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Right right
Jara will be the name of the left to face opposition candidates: the ultra -right José Antonio Kast and the traditional right -wing representative Evelyn Matthei, who appear as favorites in research. The now candidate for the government coalition has the challenge of becoming a competitive figure against those on the right and moving on in the polls, to have a chance to reach a second round. Although “Tohá was a better candidate to face the right”, from now on everything starts from scratch and “will depend on how Jara builds her campaign,” Mireya Dávila, an academic at the University of Chile’s college. It is necessary to observe what your relationship with the center left and especially with your party, which will have to control to avoid a right voting escape, ”said the expert.
Posted by Luisa Cardoso
*With information from AFP
Source: Jovempan
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