PPD Leader: Senators Acted in Good Faith, Minister Quiroz in Bad Faith on Tax Deal

Senator Raúl Soto has declared a tax agreement, recently announced between senators from the PPD party and the Minister of Finance Jorge Quiroz, as "doomed." Soto stated that the finance minister committed a "double offense" against the party: first, by undermining party institutions, and second, by breaking his word. This occurred when an amendment was "smuggled in" to reduce the corporate tax rate from 23% to 22%.

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First by undermining party institutions and second by breaking his own word.

Although the government and ruling party quickly retracted the amendment, acknowledging it as a misstep, Soto admitted that the government's own errors have helped clarify the internal situation within the PPD after a turbulent week. A broad consensus has formed within the opposition to reject the bill and challenge it before the Constitutional Court. Furthermore, Soto declared that "Minister Quiroz has ceased to be, at least for us, a valid interlocutor for dialogue."

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the minister Quiroz has left of being, at least for us, a valid interlocutor to be able to dialogue.

Soto concluded that beyond internal self-criticism within the PPD, "when there are two parties in a dialogue seeking an agreement, and one of them is acting in good faith – in this case, the senators – and the other is acting in bad faith, as was the case with Minister Quiroz, a rupture of trust is reached that is very difficult to recover."

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I believe that when there are two parties in a dialogue that seeks an agreement, and one of them is acting in good faith - in this case the senators - and the other is acting in bad faith, as was the case with Minister Quiroz, a point of rupture of trust is reached that is very difficult to recover.