Kast won the first round in November with just two points of difference (27.9%) compared to Gabriel Boric (25.8%).
The far-right candidate José Antonio Kast said this Sunday that if the result of the elections is very narrow, with a difference between the two candidates less than the 50,000 votes, the presidential elections could be “Resolve in the electoral courts.”
“Is a narrow choice, we have to wait for the result. One result is the one issued by the Servel (Electoral Service), but if that result is very narrow, clearly the proxies at the polling station have a role and this could be resolved in electoral tribunals ”, indicated the leader of the Republican Party after voting in the south of Santiago.
Kast, 55 years old and who won the first round in November with just two points of difference (27.9%), is contesting the Chilean Presidency against him Former student leader and left-wing MP Gabriel Boric, who reached 25.8%.
The latest polls gave Boric to win, linked to the social demands emanating in the riots of 2019 and defender of a welfare state similar to the European one, but experts warn that the result will be counted vote by vote and will depend on participation, which in the first round barely reached the 50% of the standard.
Chile started electoral day between fear and hope
More of 15 million Chileans are called to pay this Sunday in the most uncertain and momentous elections in decades, with the two most disparate proposals faced at the polls since the return to democracy in 1990.
The far right, who defends the neolibera economic modell installed during the military dictatorship (1973-1990) and promises a strong hand against violence and illegal migration, he assured “Prepared for any result.”
I always say that winning I win and losing I also win, because we have recovered the political balance in the nation.
He affirmed in statements to the media.
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Kast, who already participated in the 2017 presidential elections – barely got the 8% of the votes and did not go to the ballot-, has moderated his speech to attract the center, but continues opposing abortion, same-sex marriage and he wants to return to Chile “the lost peace” after the revolts of 2019.
“For me it would be a great honor to direct the destinies of the nation. There are legitimate differences, but we must work for dialogue and reunion and that is done based on justice, order and security, “said Kast, who has the support of the ruling right wing.
Expectation for elections in Chile
Deputy for 16 years and militant for two decades in the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), its main supports are in the north, where there has been a migration crisis for months after the arrival of thousands of Venezuelans, and in the south, where there is a historical territorial conflict between the Mapuche people and forestry companies.
Among the main challenges of the future andThis will address the social crisis that has continued since the 2019 protests; to lead the implementation of the norms of the new Constitution -in case they are approved in an exit plebiscite-, and to face the economic challenges left by the pandemic. (I)
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