The Historic Moment of Social Green Regionalism

Chile is at a decisive crossroads that will define its future. From the Green Social Regionalist Federation, we view this moment as an immense responsibility that comes from the land, the sea, and the voices of Chileans demanding justice and dignity. Jaime Mulet’s presidential candidacy represents this cause: a Chile that must unite to protect the web of life and rebuild our social fabric.

Our Regionalist DNA

We were born as a grouping of regionalist and environmentalist movements that articulated autonomously across different territories, based on visions of sustainable development. From the outset, we sought greater decentralization, direct participation, election of local authorities, and social control to plan territories and manage natural resources.

We criticize the model of strong centralism, traditional party authoritarianism, environmental neglect, and the consolidation of neoliberal capitalism with unbearable excesses due to dependence on financing from large economic groups.

The regionalist cycle driven by Esteban Valenzuela achieved the election of governors, greater regional autonomy, and the strengthening of regional universities and parties. When traditional parties banned these movements, Jaime Mulet proposed uniting the regional parties to comply with new legality. Thus, the Green Social Regionalist Federation was born on January 24, 2017, uniting the FREP from Atacama, the Green North Front of Coquimbo, MIRAS from O’Higgins, and Somos Aysén.

We represent ordinary people who love their homeland, suffer from natural disasters, collaborate on solidarity causes, are outraged by corporate abuses, and suffer when the state does not respond to basic needs.

We played a key role in the first withdrawal of pension fund savings during the pandemic when the government denied massive aid. We also achieved the Royalty for large mining after more than 20 years of struggle by Esteban Velázquez and Jaime Mulet, which now provides $1.5 billion annually to 302 municipalities across all regions, guaranteed for 10 years.

The National Crossroads

Our country faces seven priority issues:

1. Severe imbalance in income distribution and tax difficulties
2. Demotivated state apparatus with long processes and low productivity
3. Low-growth economy, dependent on a concentrated private sector
4. Centralization that suffocates regions and municipalities
5. Despairing waiting lists in healthcare
6. Housing deficit for modest and middle-class sectors
7. Urgent challenges of climate change

All crossed by crime, drug trafficking, low birth rates, uncontrolled immigration, and challenges of the fourth industrial revolution.

The Proposal of Green Regionalism

We will not advance by sowing distrust or polarizing. It is a national task where we all must get involved. Drug trafficking, climate change, artificial intelligence, and decentralization transcend traditional divisions.

Chile needs to regain self-confidence and reconnect with its deep history. Our first call is to rebuild the country in dialogue and social friendship, consolidating a Green Recovery towards a more united and secure Chile.

Chile in Motion

We propose a Chile in Motion with a plan Together Building Chile that addresses the housing deficit with dignity for homes. With 473,354 housing requests, we see construction as an opportunity to create jobs and meet urgent needs.

We propose to install one million solar roofs for a just energy transition, reducing living costs and freeing at least a third of family incomes for other purposes.

We advocate for a Fast Track for infrastructure, establishing that necessary projects be approved or rejected within limited timeframes, giving positive value to administrative silence.

Institutional Adjustments

We propose to end regional presidential delegates, ensure that the FNDR is effectively executed by regional governments without guardianship, and establish that part of the taxes from large companies remain in regions and municipalities.

Effective decentralization must be accompanied by strict control of the use of public resources, literally incorporating the Comptroller’s Office into local and regional governments.

Urgent Security

Without justice and punishment, it is not possible to advance. We propose to create the National Criminal Prosecution Council with constitutional rank, a Municipal Police under Carabineros, quick sanctions for illicit money with seizure without conviction, and high-security prisons for repeat offenders.

State Reform

We must protect public officials from unscrupulous politicians. We propose drastically reducing positions of trust, creating a more efficient state, eliminating unnecessary procedures, and reducing excessive salaries of high-ranking public executives.

Protecting the Web of Life

The climate crisis presents us with a historic challenge. Our generation must be the link between generations to correct past mistakes. The Green Recovery is not romantic; it is existential. We must steer the economy towards sustainable models and implement environmental taxonomy that ensures investments and protects ecosystems.

The Call of Our Time

This historical moment requires ethical leadership for times of change. Chile is tired of leaders and opportunists. We need leaders with a clean heart and clear mind, committed to collective causes before personal projects.

We defend politics as a noble function and believe that its degradation has limits. We must reclaim politics as a confrontation of ideas and dialectical dialogue so that citizens can consciously choose between different national projects.

Green social regionalism represents a real alternative that arises from the territories, understands regional needs, and has experience in concrete transformations. This is our time and responsibility. From each region, the diverse and prosperous Chile we want to build calls us, and we respond present.