The Senate chamber today approved in general the National Reconstruction and Economic Development and Social Progress bill, a decisive step in its second constitutional reading that opens the way for detailed discussion of the initiative.

Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz valued the chamber's support and reaffirmed the Ministry's willingness to continue building agreements in this new stage. "This is a highly significant bill for the country's future. It seeks to recover our growth, recover our hope in employment, in wages, in prosperity, and of course in the reconstruction of Ñuble and Biobío," he highlighted.

For more than a decade, growth and employment have been at the center of the daily concerns of millions of families. The support achieved today in the chamber represents an important step in the bill's processing and enables progress on an initiative oriented toward restoring growth.

The minister underscored that "in the coming stage, in the detailed discussion, we will be incorporating many of the ideas we have received and we believe we will be securing broader support to conclude with a bill that will definitively seek to and transform the future of our country."

The initiative is structured around five pillars: reconstruction of areas affected by wildfires in Ñuble, Biobío, and Valparaíso; reactivation of the construction sector; restoration of tax competitiveness; regulatory streamlining to unlock stalled investments; and fiscal responsibility.

With approval in general, discussion now advances to its detailed stage, where the bill's specific provisions will be reviewed. In that phase, the Ministry of Finance will seek to continue consolidating an initiative oriented toward recovering growth, protecting employment, and addressing Chileans' most urgent needs.

The Ministry of Finance reiterated its full willingness to continue dialogue with all sectors during this stage, with the aim of reaching the broadest and most cross-party agreement possible. The conviction is that an initiative of this magnitude—which aims to recover growth and protect employment—is strengthened when it incorporates the perspectives of different political forces, and therefore the willingness to listen and build consensus will remain open throughout the entire legislative process.