Weekly Report - 05 July 2018 (WR-18-26)

CHILE: Government stung by ‘legislative drought’ criticism

Brazil & Southern Cone by LatinNews 05 July 2018 Modified: 05 July 2018 605 views

President Sebastián Piñera reacted angrily on 1 July to accusations that his government has been slow to pass new laws. Claims of a “legislative drought”, Piñera said in an interview with the national daily La Tercera, were “invented by the [opposition] Partido Socialista [PS]”. Piñera went on to accuse the opposition of having a “certain kind of obstructionist attitude”.

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