Tag: Chilean senate

• Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  Chile's Senate extends state of exception in southern regions

  

  Chile's Senate Tuesday approved by 23 votes in favor, 1 against, and 18 abstentions a 15-day extension to the state of emergency in the Araucanía region and in the provinces of Arauco and Biobío, in the Biobío region, it was reported in Santiago. The Lower House had endorsed the measure with 104 votes in favor, 24 against, and 12 abstentions.

• Friday, March 24th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

  Chile's Senate agrees to cut down number of working hours

  

  Chile's Senate passed a bill cutting down the number of working hours from 45 to a maximum of 40 per week. If ratified by the Lower House, the new scheme will be applied gradually over a period of five years.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Chile's Senate approves yet another extension of State of Exception

  

  Chile's Upper House Tuesday afternoon approved yet another extension to the State of Constitutional Exception in the provinces of Bío Bío and Arauco, in the Bío Bío region, and in those of Malleco and Cautín, in La Araucanía.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Chile's President survives new impeachment attempt

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera will be allowed to stay in office until March 11, 2022, after an attempt to impeach him Tuesday failed to be endorsed by the Senate.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Bill allowing Chileans to withdraw yet another 10% of pension savings does not make it through the Senate

  

  A bill authorizing Chileans to make a fourth withdrawal of pension funds to cope with economic shortcomings due to restrictive measures taken during the fight against COVID-19 has failed to make it through the Senate.

• Saturday, August 28th 2021 - 13:05 UTC

  Chilean Senate debates whether to make voting mandatory ahead of November election

  

  The Chilean Senate is debating a bill whether to make voting in national elections mandatory, a highly controversial issue since lawmakers of the ruling coalition are against the initiative while the opposition insists in approving it to increase the participation percentage.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 05:15 UTC

  Chile votes to eliminate the Pinochet electoral system, 25 years later

  

  Chile's Senate has voted to end a dictatorship-era electoral system that has squeezed out independent candidates and guaranteed an outsized presence in Congress for the centre-right and conservative blocs.