Regarding the upcoming presidential elections, three commentators are recently saying similar things.
Two days ago, Fernando Villegas advanced the theory that the RightWing would prefer not to win.
Its much easier to sit back and criticize the government in Opposition, rather than to actually take charge of the country, especially given its present state.
If they did win they would undoubtedly face a barrage of the same type of parliamentary warfare and violent commie mobilization last seen during the so-called estallido social that nearly brought down the Piñera government.
After all, for congresistas, the pay and power is virtually the same regardless of whether they are in government or in the opposition.
So the electoral process becomes a power-garnering exercise within Congress itself, with little relevance to the manifold problems that the country faces.
Tomas Mosciatti 's most recent article places the attitude of Chile’s right wing in a historical context where the prepotencia of the duenos del fundo has always impeded them from forming lasting political alliances, or indeed from having any comprehensive aims for the future of chile, other than suppressing crime and bettering the economy. He uses the internecine senatorial conflicts of just last week to illustrate the profound disunity of the right wing, and the lack of leadership shown by Matthei in this dogfight.
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Finally, David Gallagher advances a similar idea; that Kast and Kaiser are more interested in augmenting their parties’ representation in Congress than actually defeating the left wing.
He ends with the following verdict on right-wing disunity and on the present government:.
…while the opposition fights, the ruling party sits and watches.
The government has created a false narrative, stating that they received a country in ruins, which they are now repairing. I think I know who invented that, but I won’t say.That’s pure fantasy, because everything bad that existed in the country when they came to power, apart from the consequences of the pandemic, was their own doing: they supported the withdrawals, the Social Outbreak, and carried out countless impeachments against ministers and even President Piñera himself.
That’s the power of the “Narrative”, which in a country like Chile becomes incredibly influential among the poorly educated.
I think that I will be voting Blank again - unless the opposition can get its shit together. Chile is not a serious country, and this image isn’t so far from the truth. (Gracias, Tomas.)
