In this sense, the senators of those parties signed a statement in which they expressed that they will seek to expand not only the amounts, but also the duration of the Emergency Family Income (IFE) and the bond for the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

On Wednesday, May 26, President Sebastian Piñera announced these measures, but in political and academic sectors, although they considered them superior to previous ones, they were criticized for being inferior to what was long requested from the opposition and being hardly a temporary relief for the SMEs.

Senate President Yasna Provoste, one of the signatories of the declaration and who assumed a very critical position towards the Executive, even warned that the announced IFE does not take into account the increase in expenses of families due to the rise in prices amid the pandemic.

The text by the parliamentarians indicates that they will seek to talk with the unions to agree on the improvements that are necessary to the Government’s projects so that the support to entrepreneurs of small and medium-sized enterprises is adequate.

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