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Senate postpones childcare debate after gallery disruptions
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- Chile’s Senate suspended debate on the Universal Nursery project after protesters in the gallery interrupted lawmakers with shouts of disapproval.
- Senate President Paulina Núñez ended the discussion after Enrique Lee’s speech was interrupted for several minutes.
- The debate was rescheduled for the following Tuesday, while senators moved to an urgent bill providing an extraordinary child-support payment.
Shouting from Chile’s Senate gallery forced lawmakers to postpone debate on the Universal Nursery project.
The disruption mainly interrupted interventions by government-aligned lawmakers. Senate President Paulina Núñez asked those in the gallery to remain silent, but the protests continued. She suspended the debate after independent lawmaker Enrique Lee’s intervention was halted for several minutes.
The Senate then moved to an urgent bill providing an extraordinary child-support payment. That measure is expected to go to the Chamber of Deputies and could be paid before the national holiday celebrations. Debate on the childcare project was scheduled for the following Tuesday.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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