First effect of the approval of the project for the rise in fuel prices: the government faced the emergence of AFP withdrawals.

Since the victory of President José Antonio Kast and within the framework of the narrative with which he arrived at La Moneda, asserting that his government would be one of "emergency" given the situation in our country, the increasingly likely possibility arose that an opposition parliamentarian, using exactly the same argument, would introduce the need to process and approve a withdrawal from the AFP funds so that citizens could face the crisis with their own resources. The government's project regarding assistance in light of the historic rise in fuel prices—processed and approved with such speed—opened the door to the feared initiative, with the main question being who would be the messenger. This is because the one considered the mother of these projects, Deputy Pamela Jiles, is constrained, as the PDG is not in favor of such proposals.

However, it was the independent member of the DC bench, René Alinco, who brought the issue to the table. In fact, this Thursday he announced that he submitted a project to process a new withdrawal from pension funds. “It’s our money” “The objective need is clear.

Workers need money to buy their basic food, transportation, etc. ; therefore, they need cash. The government has said we are in an emergency, and that is why this project is also an emergency project,” argued Alinco.

The legislator reminded that “it’s our money” and expressed his hope that both the Chamber and the Senate would support and approve the project, “because it is our decision, from Parliament, not from the government.