Piñera The cabinet appointed should not cause such a stir or the Alliance or the Coalition, is a right-wing cabinet, ABC1, independent (of right) as he likes to call people to adhere to that sector. Represents the aspirational sense that many Chileans want to identify with that feeling of entrepreneurial success that symbolize Piñera and his cabinet.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the appointment of Piñera, shows clearly the sense of how to govern the coming years. On the one hand, he apparently believes, owe nothing to the alliance parties UDI and RN, much less to Chile First and the PRI, which did not even consider to make up its executive team. Piñera feel that it was he, who won the election, with money, business relations that contributed to the campaign, and is convinced that if it had been him the right candidate, the Coalition would have won again, as Piñera was the only one in that time I could take votes from the coalition from the political center. Piñera is one of the few leaders on the right has not been charged with bias have supported Pinochet, even more, he voted against the dictator. While there has been consolidating on the right, its source is connected to the DC, either by his father Paul, his brothers Paul and Magdalene, including her uncle, Monsignor Bernardino great defender of human rights in times of dictatorship. So, it feels more transversal, if he were more DC have in their government is friends with many original culture is related to the party of the phalanx. His continuous references to Aylwin and its comparison with this, show pick the best part of DC history, which he inherited from his father Paul, Minister and senior official in the Frei government. Do not forget that after the triumph of the Plebiscite of 1988, within the DC, ran three presidential candidates, Valdez, Aylwin and Frei Ruiz Tagle, the latter had one of his major campaign backs Sebastián Piñera. Finally, the presidential candidate of the DC was Aylwin and Frei Ruiz Tagle finished as a candidate for Senator Santiago East and given that the DC Piñera would not be able to be a candidate for senator, he finally decides to go as a candidate for senator RN, in the same constituency in Frei. Piñera he has an appreciation for the old guard DC, it is not surprising that offers a diplomat to Gabriel Valdez or other patriarch of the DC.
Furthermore, Piñera has a political history that sweet over sour grapes on the right. Do not forget the "affair Matthei-Piñera" or the so called "Piñeragate" August 1992 and in that context the dispute with one of the patriarchs of the more conservative right Ricardo Claro. A few months later in May 1993, Piñera suffering the abduction of her son Christopher, perpetrated by sector linked to former agents of the dictatorship. It will be recalled, which was lowered by Longeira Piñera and Lavin, as a candidate for Senator at Valparaiso, the UDI beat former Pinochet aide, Jorge Arancibia. His relationship with Longueira has always been difficult and contentious, in many cases have met publicly, for its part, but is closer to Allamand, it is difficult to forget Piñera 2005 Presidential Allamand leaned at first by Lavin, in order to ensure the quota Senate by the Tenth Northern Region. Several rounds
over Piñera with the leaders of rightist parties, so apparently believed not owe Piñera nothing to the alliance, therefore, that for the second highest office in the Executive, appointed as Minister of Interior to his secretary and adviser to more direct and does not provide this ministry to a political party as Allamand or Thorn. Moreover, the ministers of the Currency have the edge their limited experience in the Real Politik. Neither wanted presidencializar his government, key ministries such as Interior, Foreign Affairs and Public Works, where friends appointed technical profile.
Apparently, the government of Piñera will be marked by such personal decisions alone and using all the power that presidentialism has, without consultation with allies and even looking for mainstreaming beyond the Alliance.
Dr. Andres Jouannet
Political Science University of Heidelberg
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