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Chile: Presidential candidate Jeannette Jara on regional tour

Santiago, Chile, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Presidential candidate Jeannette Jara of Unidad por Chile pact begins a regional tour to unveil her government program, which includes health, education, a living wage, and security among its priorities.

The tour by the standard-bearer of the leftist, progressive, social democratic, and Christian democratic parties begins in Valparaíso, will include visits to 28 cities, and will end in Santiago, the capital.

Among her programmatic guidelines, a relevant issue is security, and in that sense, she proposes a change in strategy by pursuing drug money and strengthening police forces.

The fight against organized crime that has reached our country will not be resolved solely by having more police officers on the streets, but also with greater intelligence and technology, particularly with the use of drones, Jara said.

Another of her priorities is to achieve a living wage, and to achieve this, the minimum wage will be increased. At the same time, small and medium-sized businesses will receive support to complement this increase.

Regarding health, Jara proposes strengthening primary care, and reducing waiting lists for specialist consultations.

Also, moving toward a universal system of public education free of charge, with quality and universal, and to achieve this, the sector must receive more resources, improve infrastructure, and teachers should be provided with greater support.

Another pillar of her program will be to facilitate access to housing by building communities with services, transportation, and recreational spaces.

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