Bachelet keeps Chileans guessing on turn to the left
Bachelet keeps Chileans guessing on turn to the left
One month away from presidential primaries, former leader giving nothing away on program
Rocío Montes Santiago de Chile 20 MAY 2013 - 20:19 CET
Since she returned to Chile on March 27, after 30 months at the United Nations in New York, former President Michelle Bachelet has had a busy agenda.
She announced her candidacy for re-election, set up her campaign headquarters in a remodeled home in an affluent neighborhood in Santiago, named her election advisors, and has held meetings with citizens every Sunday in an effort to try to disassociate herself with the political parties that have fallen out of favor with most Chileans.
Both the Chilean Socialists and the center-left Party for Democracy (PPD) have announced they will back Bachelet for a second term. But before the opposition’s June 30 primary, Bachelet will announce her big and far-reaching reforms she plans on introducing if she returns to La Moneda presidential palace, as most polls say she will.
On the day after she returned, Bachelet, a physician by trade, gave a diagnosis of the country’s problems, including inequality and education, which have been snowballing since she left office in 2010. The former director of the UN women’s office has already begun to appoint her advisors in different areas, including tax and constitutional reforms, which will help her draft a platform to be announced soon. “She has only appointed the offices and the rest is still on hold,” said one of her advisors privately.
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