Twenty days into José Antonio Kast's government, Beatriz Sánchez, a senator from the Frente Amplio, questioned the main controversies of the republican administration in El Diario de Cooperativa: from the former Colonia Dignidad to the rise in fuel prices and the tax agenda. The government announced the reversal of the expropriation of Villa Baviera through a decree from Housing Minister Iván Poduje, which was harshly criticized by the senator from El Maule. "What I understood very harshly from what Minister Poduje said is that suddenly one sees a government that is deaf and blind at the same time," said Sánchez, who recalled that the process leading to the expropriation involved three ministries and five human rights organizations from Parral.

The parliamentarian did not question the government's prioritization of other expenses, but rather the manner in which it was done, emphasizing that "when the minister says 'we are going to end pharaonic projects and simply issue decrees,' I believe he is overlooking various forms and processes. " A human rights agenda Sánchez linked the Villa Baviera case with another recent announcement: the withdrawal from the Comptroller's Office of the National Human Rights Plan 2026-2029. "There seems to be an agenda from the new government regarding human rights, whether it is to challenge certain projects or public policies, paralyze them, or simply not finance them," she stated.

Fuel and taxes: "Where is the coherence? " The senator also pointed out the contradiction between the austerity discourse and the government's tax agenda. "With this central discourse that we have no money, at the same time it is said that taxes will be cut that represent significant fiscal revenue...

I would like someone to explain to me where the coherence is, because I do not see it," she maintained. Sánchez recalled that Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz announced the historic rise in fuel prices alongside a tax cut for large companies, inheritances, and capital gains. "We know these are regressive taxes that favor the wealthiest families in Chile," she said, citing a study from Diario Financiero.

The opposition reconfigures When asked about the internal state of the opposition, Sánchez acknowledged a moment of rear…

I see what it does not want, the decrees it is issuing. But what is its proposal? Where is it going?

Because I do not see it.