# Chile's Chamber of Deputies votes Tuesday on Kast's megarreforma as PDG holdouts and Constitutional Court challenge loom > Chile's lower chamber will vote July 21 on the Senate-amended version of President José Antonio Kast's flagship economic reform bill, the Proyecto de Reconstrucción Nacional y Desarrollo Económico y Social; the governing coalition projects passage but the Partido de la Gente's votes are uncertain, the Finance Minister is backing a presidential veto to suppress unwanted Senate amendments, and opposition blocs are preparing a Constitutional Court challenge **Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-20 · heads: Who Decides, Whose Money · 9 takes · 5 lenses · 1 regions ## Summary [Chile](/en/entity/chile)'s Chamber of Deputies is scheduled to vote on July 21 on the third trámite of President [José Antonio Kast](/en/entity/jose-antonio-kast)'s Proyecto de Reconstrucción Nacional y Desarrollo Económico y Social, the government's flagship economic reform bill, after the Senate passed it with 360-plus amendments. La Tercera reported the governing coalition is pushing for maximum legislative discipline to avoid a mixed commission, while the Finance Minister has backed a strategy of approving the Senate text and then issuing a presidential veto to suppress the four Senate amendments the government opposes. El Mostrador identified the Partido de la Gente as the critical swing bloc: if PDG votes with the opposition, the government's count could fall short. The opposition, meanwhile, is already preparing requerimientos before Chile's Tribunal Constitucional regardless of the Chamber's vote. ## The split La Tercera and El Mostrador frame the pre-vote situation differently. La Tercera emphasises the government's determination and the Finance Ministry's procedural ingenuity with the presidential-veto strategy, treating the coalition as disciplined and the outcome as likely. El Mostrador leads with the uncertainty, centring on PDG as the undecided factor and the TC challenge as a parallel track the opposition is pursuing regardless. El Dinamo's analytical frame is the most structural: it reads the whole reform saga as evidence that Chile's current political system can only sustain narrow, volatile majorities and that contested legislation almost inevitably lands at the TC. No formal PDG statement on the vote appeared in the feed. ## By the numbers - 360+, Senate amendments to the bill that the Chamber will now review or accept en bloc - 4, Senate amendments the Kast government explicitly does not want, targeted for removal by presidential veto if the Chamber approves the full text - July 21, the vote date; July 29, the date set to elect Germany's CDU successor (separate context) ## Why it matters The megarreforma is [Kast](/en/entity/jose-antonio-kast)'s most ambitious piece of economic legislation, covering labour, pensions and public investment. A Chamber defeat, or an adverse TC ruling after passage, would be a significant setback for a right-wing government that came to power promising economic reconstruction. The presidential-veto manoeuvre, if used, sets a precedent for how the Kast coalition manages internal legislative constraints. ## What to watch - The Chamber vote outcome on July 21 and whether the PDG votes with or against the governing coalition - Whether the Finance Ministry triggers a presidential veto on the four contested Senate amendments after a yes vote - The Tribunal Constitucional requerimientos from the opposition and the timeline for any ruling - PDG's public statement on its voting position before the Tuesday session --- ## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens) ### Chilean centre-right broadsheet; reported the governing coalition's internal strategy, including the Finance Ministry's preference for approving the Senate changes and then correcting them with a presidential veto rather than entering a mixed commission - **La Tercera** (Chile, es) — La Tercera reported the Kast government is pushing maximum discipline among its deputies to ensure the bill votes through on July 21, avoiding a mixed commission process that would delay passage; the Finance Minister prefers approving the Senate amendments and then issuing a presidential veto to suppress the four Senate changes the government opposed, a procedural move that encapsulates the governing coalition's calculation. > "Gobierno juega sus cartas para que megarreforma se vote sí o sí este martes. The government is playing its cards to ensure the megarreforma is voted on Tuesday." Source: https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/gobierno-juega-sus-cartas-para-que-megarreforma-se-vote-si-o-si-este-martes-y-evitar-la-comision-del-terror/ ### Chilean progressive news outlet; foregrounded the PDG's (Partido de la Gente's) undecided position as the swing vote, and noted the opposition was preparing Constitutional Court requerimientos - **El Mostrador** (Chile, es) — El Mostrador reported the governing coalition is betting on passage while the Partido de la Gente, a swing party, is still defining its position for the July 21 vote; the outlet also confirmed the opposition is preparing requerimientos before the Tribunal Constitucional to challenge the bill regardless of whether it passes the Chamber. > "La Cámara de Diputados votará este martes el proyecto en tercer trámite. El PDG define su postura. The Chamber will vote on the project on Tuesday; PDG is still defining its position." Source: https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2026/07/20/oficialismo-apuesta-a-aprobar-la-megarreforma-mientras-el-pdg-define-su-postura/ ### Chilean commentary outlet; published an analytical piece characterising the megarreforma vote as revealing three features of Chile's current political system: narrow and volatile majorities, an executive that has combined political and technical management, and a Tribunal Constitucional repeatedly called to settle what Congress cannot resolve - **El Dinamo** (Chile, es) — El Dinamo's analysis identified three conclusions from the narrow megarreforma vote trajectory: governing majorities in Chile are thin and volatile; the Kast executive has managed to pair political manoeuvring with technical credibility; and the TC is likely to be the arena where the reform's most contested elements are ultimately resolved, regardless of what the Chamber decides on July 21. > "Mayorías estrechas y volátiles, un Ejecutivo que ha sabido articular lo político con lo técnico, y un Tribunal Constitucional llamado, una vez más, a zanjar lo que el propio Congreso no logra resolver." Source: https://www.eldinamo.cl/opinion/2026/07/19/megarreforma-tres-lecturas-de-una-votacion-estrecha/ ### unlabelled - **La Tercera** (Chile, es) — Source: https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/camara-de-diputados-se-prepara-para-votar-la-megarreforma-de-kast-mientras-la-oposicion-se-acerca-al-tc/ - **BioBioChile** (Chile, es) — Source: https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/07/20/pdg-aun-no-define-su-voto-por-la-megarreforma-y-no-descarta-dar-libertad-de-accion-a-sus-diputados.shtml - **BioBioChile** (Chile, es) — Source: https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/07/20/megarreforma-afronta-su-fase-final-en-la-camara-y-podria-convertirse-en-ley-este-martes.shtml - **BioBioChile** (Chile, es) — Source: https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/07/20/oposiicon-anuncia-tres-requerimientos-ante-el-tc-para-frenar-megarreforma-y-redobla-presion-al-pdg.shtml - **BioBioChile** (Chile, es) — Source: https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/07/20/gobierno-asegura-estar-preparado-para-defender-megarreforma-ante-el-tc-y-descarta-aplazar-votacion.shtml ### Chilean centre-right broadsheet; first to specify the three TC requerimientos target tax invariability provisions and environmental clauses, providing the most precise account of which articles the opposition is challenging - **La Tercera** (Chile, es) — La Tercera reported the opposition would file three requerimientos before Chile's Tribunal Constitucional challenging the megarreforma on tax invariability and environmental grounds, with the submissions planned for Monday and Tuesday ahead of the Chamber vote; the report identifies the legal grounds more precisely than any other outlet, naming the constitutional articles at issue. > "La oposicion presentara tres requerimientos al TC por invariabilidad tributaria y temas medioambientales de la megarreforma." Source: https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/oposicion-presentara-tres-requerimientos-al-tc-por-invariabilidad-tributaria-y-temas-medioambientales-de-la-megarreforma/ ## Across the graph - Related: [[chile-kast-megareform-senate-jul14]], [[chile-kast-economic-reform-2026]] - Entities: Chile, Jose Antonio Kast --- Canonical: https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/chile-megarreforma-0721