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Comrades

About Ideological Congress that the current leadership of the Party has decided to pursue, it is natural to ask some questions about the identity and the future of Chilean Christian Democracy.

A first point is related to the "ideological support" that serves as the basis for public policies generated in the party organs and institutions linked to the party. In what As the doctrinal apparatus generated during the decades of 50 and 60 from structuralism community development, and personnel of Maritain and Mounier is applicable to the needs of an increasingly globalized world, rich in information technology? What is the impact it has had on our party identity hegemony of neoliberal thought, promoted by Washington and assimilated almost unanimously by the country's intellectual elite?.

A second issue of interest is linked to the organic relation of our party with the needs of the real Chile. In this regard it would be interesting to ask whether public policy that our party has used as key ideas in recent times under urgent and relevant topics considered by the public, or if, contrary to what many have believed, we have been deceived by promoting concepts and measures that represent a substantial contribution to most the inhabitants of the country and only have an impact within the political class.

Finally, it would be interesting to ask what feature of our party structure gives rise to the existence of so many factions and sectors. "The emergence of these features is derived from the existence of ideological and doctrinal differences between the different wings momentous party? Or rather it is instrumental alliances whose sole purpose is to position within the party organization and grab as much power and influence as possible? What can we do as a party to prevent their infighting from becoming an obstacle to our relationship with society and our institution?

I have the impression that the answer to this last question is closely linked to what we conclude about the two points that we mentioned earlier. This, taking into account the benefits they entail for the camaraderie and fraternity party the existence of a minimum ideological consensus and clarity about the current and future to be taken into account when defining the policies that the Christian Democratic Party must provide to the public.

I hope Congress will constitute a successful starting point on the long road that we go in order to rebuild a party identity that represents us all.
not forget that over a period of thirty years, the electoral successes were scarce, the Falange (and later the first Christian Democrats) were developing a series of basic concepts (Communitarianism, staff, development through reform basic economic structures, Promoting People, etc ...) from which to convince to more than half of Chileans about the need to take an optimistic a Revolution in Liberty.

Soñar no cuesta nada ....


Jose Luis Corvalan