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Boric Calls President-Elect Kast, Opening Chile’s Formal Transition

A televised call set a breakfast at La Moneda to launch detailed coordination.

Overview

  • Gabriel Boric congratulated José Antonio Kast in a government-broadcast conversation that formally initiated the handover.
  • Boric said he has instructed ministers and subsecretaries to make themselves available to the incoming team.
  • The outgoing president invited Kast to a Monday breakfast at La Moneda to begin detailed transition planning with their teams.
  • Kast accepted the invitation, said he would attend with his wife Pía and collaborators, and committed to an orderly, respectful process.
  • The president-elect emphasized a focus on restoring peace and coexistence and referenced the March 11 inauguration, while Boric stressed state continuity and offered to share lessons from office.