The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, referred to the controversial phrase of the Minister of Education, Raúl Figueroa, regarding whether the schools could be opened to vote for the plebiscite, it could also be opened to return to classes.
Thus, Minister Paris noted that there is no relationship between the two events, indicating that educational establishments are normally used as a polling place.
“I believe that the return to classes and the use of educational establishments as a polling place have no relation“He pointed out bluntly.
In this way, the authority stated that “they are big enough (the schools) and they have been used in Chile for voting of different types, therefore there is no relationship ”.
Thus, he added that “therefore, we cannot and we are not going to refer to the establishments being able to return to classes.”
On August 18, Minister Raúl Figueroa referred again to the possibility of returning to classes in Chile in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic; issue that has been controversial in recent weeks due to the position of teachers, who mostly rule out a return, and the government, which is still looking for a way to resume the school year.
Thus, he declared that “if we are in a position to open a school to serve as a polling station, I very legitimately ask myself: Can we not, if sanitary conditions exist, open it so that students can benefit from this protective space?”, Said Figueroa in an intervention.
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