Reformulating it implies adapting it to the times, giving it a more contemporary twist and depersonalizing it, explained the 32-year-old anthropologist and political scientist.
Irina Karamanos, partner of the elected president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, confirmed on Tuesday that she will finally take office as first lady on March 11, but said that she will “reformulate” the position.
“Reformulating it implies adapting it to the times, giving it a more contemporary twist and depersonalizing it, and that means changing the relationship with power and the relationship between power and the women who do politics,” explained Karamanos.
The future first lady recognized the “important snag (work)” that her predecessors did, but indicated that it is necessary to talk about other issues such as “trans youth” or “migrant children.”
“I make myself available to this project to work for the benefit of Chile and its diversity, with a less charitable role, but one that is more articulating and diplomatic,” he added in statements to journalists outside the office of the elected president. the so-called “small coin”.
Feminist and militant of the Broad Front, one of the two parties with which Boric won the ballot with a difference of almost 12 points, Karamanos had shown his reluctance to take office and there were doubts about whether he was going to take office as first lady.
The 32-year-old anthropologist and political scientist, who will be the most political first lady in Chilean history, was key in collecting signatures to launch Boric’s candidacy for La Moneda (presidential seat) and played a fundamental role in the final stretch of the bell.
At just 35 years old and with more than 4.6 million votes, Boric became the youngest president-elect in the history of Chile and received the most votes on December 19, winning 55.8% of the votes over far-right José Antony Kast.
A defender of the constituent process in which the country is immersed and a staunch critic of the neoliberal model installed during the military dictatorship (1973-1990), Boric wants to expand the role of the State towards a welfare model similar to that of Europe.
“The most important thing is going to be to contribute to the transformations that this government project is proposing and within the framework of that we will surely be very much on the ground and doing a job like an ant, talking with all the actors,” added Karamanos, a couple of Boric for three years. (I)
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