"La TV da más poder real que la política" I Renato Garin

“Our generation isn’t changing power. It’s asking permission to sit in it.” In this intense conversation with Francisco Martorell on Lo Justo y Necesario (What’s Just and Necessary), lawyer, writer, and former congressman Renato Garín delivers one of his most devastating interviews to date. With direct, critical, and uncompromising language, Garín analyzes the institutional collapse of Chilean politics from within, clearly pointing to his own generation as the main culprit: laziness, narcissism, and a worrying lack of preparation are recurring themes. Author of El Fracaso (The Failure), El Patio del Poder (The Courtyard of Power), and Los Reemplazantes (The Replacements)—a book that has been on the bestseller list for over three months—Garín doesn’t shy away from any topic: the Constitutional Convention as a reality show, the moral collapse of Revolución Democrática (Democratic Revolution), the Catalina Pérez case, and the decline of a left that, in its attempt to appear different, replicated the worst practices of the MAPU (United Popular Action Movement) and the Concertación (Coalition of Parties for Democracy). Garín describes the Broad Front as an organization that combined political power, messianic faith, and the capture of public funds, with a closed, arrogant, and reactive model. He targets Maite Orsini, questions the government's narrative, and asserts that President Gabriel Boric is not a man of ideas, but of the moment: adaptable, sensitive, a compromiser, and without a clear vision beyond power. He also offers a sharp characterization of Tomás Vodanovic, whom he sees as a "hormonal Catholic from an elite school," successful in the media, but subordinate to Boric's political destiny. Garín maintains that most members of parliament do not understand the laws they vote on and that politics has become filled with unscrupulous operators. He denounces a generational crisis that disdains education and thrives on microphones, morning shows, and performance art. He concludes with an uncomfortable warning: real power in Chile lies not in La Moneda (the Presidential Palace) or in Congress, but in corporate boardrooms, where those who today claim to represent the people will end up sooner or later. An interview that doesn't seek to please, but to awaken. Ideal for those who still believe that criticism is not betrayal, but the only path to truth. #LosReemplazantes #gonzalowinter #Neme #juliocésarrodríguez #GabrielBoric #CamilaVallejo #GiorgioJackson #MaiteOrsini #MiguelCrispi #PabloParedes #RodrigoEchecopar #JeannetteJara #CarolinaTohá #JaimeMulet #KarolCariola #JorgeBrito #fernandoatria #DiegoIbáñez #JorgeSharp #DanielJadue #JoséAntonioKast #EvelynMatthei #FrancoParisi #JohannesKaiser #HaroldMayneNicholls #MarcoEnríquezOminami #SebastiánPiñera #MichelleBachelet #AxelKaiser #IvánPoduje #LuisSilva #FelipeKast #AndrésVelasco #TomásMosciatti #FernandoVillegas #PatriciaPolitzer #IvánMoreira #ÁlvaroValenzuela #Schalper #DiegoSchalper #GuillermoRamírez #ChileVamos #FrenteAmplio #PartidoComunista #DerechaChilena #GeneraciónMillennial #RecambioPolítico #CrisisDeRepresentación #CongresoNacional #MasculinidadMillennial #MujeresMillennial #FeminismoChileno #LiteraturaPolítica #CrónicaPolítica #MemoriaPolítica #EstallidoSocial #EleccionesChile2025