The Chilean delegation that met with the President Dr. Michelle Bachelet, was nominated by officials Embassy and Consulates, with express instructions issued by the Government until Friday March 18 from Chile.
FedACH present were: Anita Aja (Jujuy), Norma Barra (Neuquén), Homero Rojas (B. O'Higgins), Luis Jara (G. Mistral), Heraldo Hidalgo (A. Prat), Violeta Núñez (P. Neruda), Sylvia Villarroel (Red Solidaria) and Carlos Mendez. Joining them
: Alma Comas (Adachi), Nelson Olfman (Eagles Nest), Hector Orellana (V. Parra), María Concepción Farías (Chivilcoy), Genaro Galleguillos (Salta), Elvira Roco (San Juan), Franklin Caicedo and Michelle Utard. Dr. Bachelet
arrived at the military airport Aeroparque, on the afternoon of Tuesday 21 March, in his first state visit after taking office as President of the Republic of Chile. In this place the authorities hoped the Argentine government, headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Taiana. Once
rendered military honors, the President went to the VIP lounge where residents hoped the Chilean delegation. After greeting each of those present and present to the ministers and the accompanying delegation, he improvised a speech in which he apologized for the brevity of the encounter with the Chilean community since coming to the country for a short time and should continue its turn immediately to Uruguay.
however, pledged to support a more comprehensive interview with the community in future visits you make to Argentina. Smiling, said knowing the whole situation that happened here in the community, which had previously been in Buenos Aires as a candidate and thanked those who worked for her election campaign.
reiterated the promises of the past presidents of the Concertación (Frei and Lagos) on the vote of Chileans living abroad. Without specifying the form or the manner in which this vote will be deployed overseas, said the obstacles the project has been in Parliament and will help that require MPs to be processed. He indicated that accompanied the tour Senator Carlos Ominami and Deputy Tohá Carolina.
asked those present to participate actively in the management of projects involving the community living abroad, who are identified as Region XIV. Moreover, he referred to the creation of the regions of Arica, which was identified as XV and XVI of Valdivia as words that did not go unnoticed because they establish that the Region XIV of Chilean residents abroad could have an institutional force, losing its meaning merely virtual.
Standard Bar (pictured, above), a national leader and coordinator FedACH associations Neuquén and Rio Black, gave a welcome to President Bachelet for his state visit to our country of residence. The leader expressed to the President, on behalf of FedACH, best wishes for success in his government and gave him a folder whose materials found on the website: www.votochilenoexterior.blogspot.com
Subsequently, President Bachelet agreed to be photographed with the present and before retiring was invited by the authorities in Argentina Air Force to stamp your greeting in the guestbook illustrious. The President wrote a thoughtful dedication, perhaps related with his family experience in the Chilean Air Force, who celebrated his birthday that day and whose ceremony was attended that morning.
After this brief encounter with the Chilean community resident, the President went to the Plaza San Martin where she was honored by the Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Jorge Telerman and where he placed a wreath at the monument to General José de San Martín.
then transcribe the greeting FedACH to hand over to President Michelle Bachelet.
Buenos Aires, March 21, 2006 .-
His Excellency Dr. Michelle Bachelet President of Chile
occasion of his state visit to this generous country that shelters us, receive the greetings and welcome to the Chilean collective Resident represented by FedACH - Chilean Federation of Associations of Argentina. With
wish him every success in this visit, as your government has just begun, we must express our regret not having contributed to our vote in his election as Chile's first woman president, since even our right to vote is prevented from our countries of residence.
However, you were elected in the first round that Chileans living abroad organized Dec. 11, earning 54.3% of the vote, 23.6% Tomás Hirsch, Sebastian Pinera and Joaquin Lavin 14% 8.1% through the electronic voting and vote-urn - symbolic choice - in attended by 26,912 fellow from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Korea, Cuba, Ecuador, United States, France, Germany, Holland, Mexico, Norway, United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela.
This shows the expectations it has raised its government in the Chilean community based abroad, but also the desire to actively participate in the proposals is committed to develop.
We are aware that their government will tend to find ways of citizen participation that we would meet and discuss before, about not repeating the experience of partnering workshops developed by the Directorate for Chilean Community Abroad - DICOEX, who did not respect dignity and identity of our fellow citizens from different regions and the jurisprudence of civil partnerships in this brotherly country. Experiences that led to the dispersion and division among compatriots that the search for unity of interest in the ideological and social diversity.
on these proposals, and also we have agreed on our last Congress held in the city of Neuquén, and form a coherent program on civil rights, political, social and cultural rights of the Chilean community living abroad, we would have the opportunity to dialogue and work with their teams of government, issue reach viable plans and projects, discussed and applied in the outside community.
We would also like to actively participate in the development of electoral law reform (as we did earlier) that includes automatic enrollment in the electoral registers, changing the binomial by a proportional system, the creation of a constituency Chileans abroad for choosing representatives to Congress in proportion to the population of 857,000 Chileans living outside the country, so will the Italian immigrants in the coming weeks.
To this end, we respectfully request the formation of a Working Group, which delegates to attend all countries with large Chilean population and representatives of political parties in Chile, to develop a State Policy on Migration Chile, which are included and agreed the draft law on the subject to vote in Parliament.
advocate for you to instruct the formation of this working group and set the guidelines, date and sessions, so we can set our assistance and provide our input in advance.
Waiting for your response to our request, accompany this note, our proposals and documents FedACH Congress III, held in Neuquen, in September.
take this opportunity to greet with great affection and consideration of the Board of FedACH.
President Carlos Méndez Contreras
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