The candidate of the leftist, progressive, and Christian Democrats warned in her speech that important issues, such as the increase in pensions in January, the 40-hour workweek law, and impunity for human rights violators, are at stake in these elections.

“There cannot be a setback for our country. Chile needs certainty, it needs a future, it needs hope,” Jara said, alluding to the program of her rival, Jose Antonio Kast, of the far-right Partido Republicano (Republican Party), which questions some of Chile’s achievements.

She also said that, if elected, she would implement an equal number of neighborhood interventions within the first 100 days of her administration to dismantle drug sales and storage locations, remove weapons from the streets, and reclaim occupied properties.

The candidate called on her supporters to speak with undecided voters in the days leading up to Sunday’s election.

Jeannette Jara led votes in the November 16 election, as predicted by the polls, but the surveys favor Kast in the runoff.

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