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With the votes of an opposition that arrived divided at the session, the Senate approved the name of the Constitutionalist Attorney of the Catholic University, Ángela Vivanco, for that he joins the Supreme Court . In this way, the upper house ratified the conservative letter presented by President Sebastián Piñera
The appointment of Vivanco required the vote of two thirds of the members according to the Senate (ie 29 of the 43), finally reached 30, Chile Vamos, the Christian Democracy and the PPD. There were 8 against, corresponding to the Socialist Senators, PPD Adriana Muñoz, Alejandro Navarro and RD Juan Ignacio Latorre. There were also 2 abstentions
The name of the UC lawyer causes resentment in the left world because of its ultraconservative profile. He had a public position against the delivery of the pill the next day, also represented the deputies of Chile We continue his presentation to the Constitutional Court against the law of termination of pregnancy in 3 motives. In his opportunity, he stated that "the right to abortion does not exist in the Constitution or in international treaties."
In addition, was a candidate for the National Renewal in 1997, but only 4% of the votes in the then 27 district (El Bosque, La Cisterna and San Ramón). But before that, President of the Central Union of the Center (19459004), founded by controversial businessman Francisco Javier Errázuriz and lawyer of his companies
Vivanco is the holder of 39, a doctorate in law and social sciences from the University of A Coruña. , and specialized in biolaw. In addition, he was a columnist in El Líbero, where he wrote articles such as "The dangerous constitutional reverie", "The future of the constitutional protection of human life" or "The public television, is this? all or part?" 19659003] The new member of the Supreme Court will replace Patricio Valdés in the quota badigned to "external lawyers" in the judiciary.
Debate in the Hearing Room
During the Debate, Senator Felipe Harboe (PPD), Member of the Constitution Committee, outlined the program of studies of the candidate and announced his support with this sentence: "I do not share his vision in many subjects, but I feel
In the same vein, DC Francisco Huenchumilla and Ximena Rincón defended the the idea of voting for them. Although they have different Intas postures, while Luz Ebensperger (UDI) went further and celebrated his "modern and avant-garde vision of the law."
On his side, the independent Pedro Araya downplayed Vivanco's anti-abortion position, noting that sanctioning a person for the thought that he has ", comparing his case with the blockade to reach the highest court that suffered the emblematic Carlos Cerda, famous for his rejection of the dictatorship.
The e presidential candidate for the The New Majority, Alejandro Guillier also pleaded for the support, noting that Vivanco is a "meritocratic person, took his family forward" and downplayed his conservative stance by baduring that "Chile requires judges with an opinion, only to express diversity. "
In the path of the detractors, the P resident of the PS Alvaro Elizalde pointed out the" rejection of the bench "on behalf of the entire socialist lot.Ms. that women in the country are fighting for more equality, Vivanco "goes in the opposite direction" because she is an "active opponent of iconic projects for society." [19659003] However, in an allusion to the PS, Senator PPD for the Metropolitan Guido Girardi recalled that two weeks ago the New Majority senators met and agreed to support the government candidate and "at least my word is accomplished. "
But the PPD position was not unanimous, because Senator Ricardo Lagos Weber decided to abstain, emphasizing that" in the Supreme should be represented the diversity of the Chile, but in some parameters ", while his colleague Adriana Muñoz was voiced against:" He is a person who has acted gravitatingly all these years against the gender agenda "
Another dissenting voice was J uan Ignacio Latorre (RD) who opposed the nomination stating that" there is an agreement between the parties for this election "which according to him was explained by " binominal logic and cuoteo ". " Vivanco is a conservative activist and activist who does not give guarantees of impartiality. "
With the appointment of Vivanco settled, now President Piñera will have to choose the ministers who will replace C arlos Cerda and Milton Juica.
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