Elections in Chile: the presidential court the voters of the candidate who came third
In the second round of the presidential election, the far-right candidate, José Antonio Kast, defender of the dictatorship, will be opposed to the former left-wing student leader Gabriel Boric.
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In Chile, the official campaign has started for the presidential runoff, which will take place on December 19.
The far-right candidate José Antonio Kast, defender of the dictatorship, and the former left-wing student leader Gabriel Boric, are both trying to win over the voters of Franco Parisi.
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With our correspondent in Santiago
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Justine Fontaine
The two candidates are now trying to seduce the centrists, but also the voters of the one who came third, Franco Parisi.
This right-wing populist candidate took the opportunity to invite them to a show he hosts on social networks.
The "bad boys", the bad boys, it is the name of this 100% male program of the ex-candidate Franco Parisi.
An economist with an anti-elite discourse, rather right-wing, and sometimes populist, he lives abroad and has not set foot in Chile throughout the countryside, because he has not paid child support.
On the evening of December 5, Franco Parisi received the far-right candidate José Antonio Kast with a big smile: “
I have great respect for what you have accomplished.
Nobody expected it at first.
You have been despised, we know that well, and therefore I congratulate you on this excellent result, 28% of the votes,
”exclaimed Franco Parisi.
Reassure voters about LGBT rights
The show, entirely online, attracted more than 130,000 spectators.
José Antonio Kast, who has made transphobic remarks in the past, tried to reassure about LGBT rights: “
My personal conviction is that marriage must be between a man and a woman.
But the Parliament is moving towards marriage for all and if this text is approved we will not go back on it.
"
The candidate was questioned on other controversial points of his program, but without ever being put in difficulty by the organizers, rather conciliatory with him.
His left-wing competitor Gabriel Boric is invited on December 10, but he has yet to confirm his participation.
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