Santiago 22 Nov : .Chile’s presidential, parliamentary and regional elections were held in Santiago amid the Covid-19 pandemic.High attendance was recorded at the polls. According to Xinhua, elections will take place in a highly polarized atmosphere.
The elected president will lead a country that has been hit hard by high inflation and a pandemic and other social problems.
President Sebastian Pinera urged citizens to vote with conviction.
He acknowledged that the times are difficult, but that together we can overcome these difficulties and get ahead.
Gabriel Boric (the presidential candidate of the left-leaning Approve dignity electoral alliance) voted in Punta Arenas, Chile on Sunday.He said, “I’m very pleased of what we represent, as the generation for the process of transformation and change that is coming with the certainty, and the gradualness that are necessary.”
Jose Antonio Kast (right-leaning Republican Party) voted in Paine, Santiago Metropolitan Region.He stated that “The most important thing is that people turn up to vote freely.”
Andres Tagle (president of Chile’s Electoral Service) urged voters to use official sources to get information so that they don’t spread false news, “that could cause great damage to our democracy exercise.”
Enrique Paris, Minister of Health said that, despite an increase in Covid-19-related cases in September, indicators had stabilized in the past two weeks and Chile registered a positive rate of 3.4% last week.
Chile has so far seen 1,743,137 Covid-19-related infections, and 38.117 deaths.
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