Tag: Chilean Congress

• Wednesday, July 12th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Pinochet, not a “President,” Chile's Lower House approves

  

  Chile's Lower House Tuesday passed a resolution striping late dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte from the title of “president” by 67 votes against 47 and 8 abstentions, it was reported in Santiago. The initiative should not pass to the Senate as it is a draft statement that also defines Pinochet as a “military and political figure” and his government (1973-1990) as an “authoritarian regime.”

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Chilean lawmakers to be tested for drug consumption

  

  Chile's Lower House passed an internal regulation whereby Deputies will have to submit a hair sample for a toxicology test and drew lots for the first 78 of the 150 of them who will have to abide by the new indication.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Chilean Deputies test positive for COVID-19, voting postponed

  

  Two Chilean lawmakers have been tested positive for COVID-19 in the Lower House, thus affecting a key voting process scheduled for this Tuesday, it was reported.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Chile's Lower House votes against legalizing abortion

  

  Chile's Lower House Tuesday turned down a bill to decriminalize abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy by 65 votes against, 62 in favor and one abstention. Thus the initiative will be shelved.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 20:55 UTC

  Chilean Deputies agree Piñera needs to go through impeachment before the Senate

  

  Chile's Lower House Tuesday passed a motion to impeach President Sebastián Piñera for his involvement in the Dominga mining company affair, which was included in the Pandora Papers report.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Piñera requests Congress to extend the state of emergency in Mapuche regions

  

  Chilean president Sebastian Piñera announced on Tuesday he sent Congress a bill requesting a further fifteen days extension of the state of emergency in four areas of the Biobío and Araucaria regions, where there have been violent breaches of law and order.

• Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Chilean lawmakers present a bill making “stealthing” a crime

  

  Following on the recent approval in California of a bill describing the removal of the condom during a consensual sexual relation as sexual abuse or even a crime, Chilean lawmakers have made a similar presentation before Congress.

• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Chilean Senate sinks Piñera into deeper isolation regarding withdrawal of pension funds

  

  Chile's Senate Thursday passed a bill whereby people shall be allowed to withdraw an additional ten per cent from the pension funds to be able to cope with the hardships caused by job losses and the closing of businesses owing to the restrictive health measures against Covid-19.

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 10:36 UTC

  Chile's judiciary imposes first ever jail sentence on politician found guilty of corruption

  

  Former conservative Senator Jaime Orpis has been bestowed Friday with the dubious honour of becoming Chile's first-ever politician to be handed down a jail sentence for his involvement in acts of corruption.

• Monday, April 12th 2021 - 10:40 UTC

  Chile has new immigration law after eight years in Congress

  

  Chile's President Sebastán Piñera Sunday signed into law the new migration law which spent eight years in Congress before being passed.