Chilean President-elect Boric Pinera | has met with the outgoing leader Election News

Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric met with Sebastian Pine in Santiago just hours after the presentation of the left-wing candidate. historic election victory.

The 35-year-old former student activist will later become the youngest president in the South American country. he got 56 percent support to defeat his far-right rival Jose Antonio Kast Sunday getaway.

Nearly 56% of the electorate voted, the highest rate since Chile ceased to be compulsory in 2012.

In a tweet on Monday afternoon, Boric said he was visiting Santiago’s presidential palace at the invitation of Pine. resigned in March and earlier Boric had offered him the full support of his government in the three-month transition.

On Monday, “Hope overcame fear with a banner. Officials welcome you President, ”he met in La Moneda before meeting Boric Pine.

“When I was in front of the bust of Salvador Allende, I thought of those who came before us like him,” Boric wrote on Twitter, referring to the former Chilean president of the government. In 1973, he was ousted in a US-backed coup.

Today we will visit La Moneda Palace at the invitation of President Piñera. As I stood in front of the bust of Salvador Allende, I thought of those who were before us like him. The dreams of a better Chile are the ones we will continue to build with all of you. pic.twitter.com/iTZQXSnVaC

– Gabriel Boric Font (@gabrielboric) December 20, 2021

General Augusto Pinochet then took power, and thousands of Chileans disappeared, tortured and killed in the ensuing dictatorship, which lasted until 1990 and its legacy. He was hanging out in Chile’s last ballot.

“She is OK [Allende’s] The dreams of a better Chile are what we will continue to build together, ”Boric said.

Latin American editor Lucia Newman Al Jazeera, reporting from Santiago, said Boric took time to greet his followers outside the presidential palace before meeting with Pina. “He took selfies with them, signed autographs, basically sending them the message that they – the average man and the woman – will be his priority over everything else,” Newman said.

Boric defeated his presidential opponent, Kast, a former far-right deputy with high esteem, who rose to prominence, by more than 10 points. worries Among the relatives of the victims of the 1973-1990 dictatorship.

Kast, whose campaign too it aroused fears among Chilean women and members of the LGBTQ community immediately acknowledged the defeat on Sunday, tweeting a photo of him on the phone congratulating his opponent on his “great victory.”

He then personally traveled to Boric’s campaign headquarters to gather with him.

“We can’t help but be impressed by the historic turnout, the willingness of Kaste to accept and congratulate his opponent, even before the final results, and the generous words of President Pinera,” said Cynthia Arnson, head of the Latin American program. Wilson Center in Washington.

“Democracy in Chile has won today, for sure,” he said.

The streets of Santiago and other cities exploded as a result of Boric’s victory, which shut him down. polarizing spill.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets, honking car horns, waving placards in support of the boric, waving the LGBTQ rainbow flag and shouting, “Viva Chile!” The fireworks lit up the sky for hours.

In his first official speech on Sunday, Boric pledged to “expand social rights” in the country, but with “fiscal responsibility.”

“We will do it by protecting our macroeconomy, we will do well … to improve pensions and health care,” Boric said.

Many Chileans had to do it resort to their pensions in the midst of the economic downturn associated with coronavirus earlier this year, while some of the nation’s poorest citizens were present the locks hit hard and other restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus.

Al Jazeera’s Newman said in a speech to the nation on Sunday night that Boric had made a “very good impression” on the Chilean people so far, including those opposed to his candidacy.

“It was a relaxing talk. He was one of those who spoke out against him, not just those who supported his policy, but he was very moderate and friendly, “he said.

Chile is also undergoing a profound change after voting last year Replacing the constitution of the time of Pinochet. The referendum was the answer mass protests Demanding for structural social change in 2019.

The drafting process, that is largely the hands of the left body elected in May, he must issue a constitution for approval next year under the new president.