social Two deputies proposed this week, an amendment to the Constitution of Chile for Internet access is included among the fundamental rights of citizens of this country, as enshrined in the Constitution. "It is necessary to provide all families of Chile, the necessary connection for Internet access," he said at a press conference Congressman Esteban Valenzuela, one of the architects of this legislative initiative. "digital connectivity should be considered, as well as access to drinking water or electricity, a human right to shorten the social divisions in Chile," he told a press conference at the headquarters of the Congress in the port Valparaiso, Rep. Esteban Valenzuela, one of the architects of the initiative. The project is based on the advances of science have made possible the existence of networks of information through digital media and on that basis, "it is necessary to provide all families of Chile, the necessary connection for Internet access."
Formally, the initiative adds an article to the Constitution, which states "must ensure connectivity to digital networks and information" and adds that a law will have to determine "how the state will promote the exercise of this right. " "Here the question is have broadband, enabling young people to break the social divide in access to media," said Valenzuela, who presented the project with his colleague Jorge Insunza, both the Party for Democracy (PPD), member coalition that has governed Chile.
In his view, the country has the ability to fund the initiative, "if the Public Works Department spent 2,000 million dollars in roads is because they can, is a question of priorities," he said. He said even the government could encourage the installation of a computer in every home in Chile, "with subsidies or public signs that offer certain goods (computers) instead of spending the money on cigarettes or alcoholic beverages," he said.
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