Chile set to pass equal marriage bill

Incoming president of the Senate said ‘there is no doubt’ they will pass a stagnated equal marriage bill this year

The new president of Chile’s upper house of parliament, the Senate, has promised to pass an equal marriage bill this legislative year.

‘Chile is in full cultural change, [and] demands wider freedoms and rights’ Jaime Quintana, who will take office on Tuesday [12 March] wrote on Twitter.

‘There is no doubt’ Quintana wrote, the Senate will ‘discuss and approve the equal marriage this legislative year’.

Chile has recognized same-sex civil unions since 2015. And, in 2017, former President Michelle Bachelet introduced an equal marriage bill.

However, when Sebastián Piñera took office in March last year, his government said it would not prioritize the bill. 

Chile está en pleno cambio cultural, demanda ampliar libertades y derechos.
Que no haya dudas: desde el @senado_chile nos vamos a jugar por conocer, discutir y aprobar el #Matrimonioigualitario en este año legislativo.https://t.co/d04l4M0Yt0#FelizDomingo

— Jaime Quintana (@senadorquintana) March 10, 2019

But now, new president of the Senate, Quintana, has promised to pass the bill.

Óscar Rementería, the spokesman of Chilean human rights organization Movilh, said there was a ‘clear horizon in sight’, according to local media. 

Source: GayStarNews