Socialist Party Leader Rejects Mocking Campaign Material Against President Kast

A high-ranking official within Chile's Socialist Party (PS) has publicly denounced campaign materials that mock President José Antonio Kast, likening him to the fictional character Pinocchio. Raúl Leiva, the head of the PS deputies' bloc, stated that the party cannot stoop to the same level of baseless arguments used by political rivals.

The rejected propaganda included a pamphlet with the headline "The PS defends you from the mega reform," followed by "Kast lies" in large letters. It also featured an image of the president with an elongated nose, a clear reference to Pinocchio.

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We cannot fall into the same lack of arguments as our political rivals, whom we criticize so much.

Leiva asserted that democratic debate should move beyond personal insults and instead focus on the confrontation of ideas. He stressed that political criticism must always be grounded in facts and arguments, and should not employ elements that personally disqualify opponents. The legislator distanced his party from the graphics that ridiculed the presidential figure, advocating for a more substantive political discourse.

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In my judgment, political criticism must always be founded and argued, and in no case use elements that personally disqualify.