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Weekly Report - 28 May 2015 (WR-15-21)

CHILE: Bachelet contrite but sticking to her guns

President Michelle Bachelet delivered a two-hour state-of-the-nation address on 21 May that raised more questions than it answered. Bachelet has endured a torrid few months, which she spun as “a complex and intense year”, with a corruption scandal rocking the political establishment to its foundations and battering on the doors of her family life. While avoiding any direct reference to this, she admitted to “failings” and promised they would not be “swept under the carpet”. But she insisted that her government was delivering on its promise to provide free universal education; that a labour reform reviled by the business sector would proceed; and that she would draft a new constitution in September, although she was swiftly slated for failing to elucidate by what means.

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