Chilean presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast signed a reform that makes drug consumption a ground for being forced out of a public role. He said the measure must be firm. Lawmaker Mulet asked that a bill letting authorities seize assets without a trial be advanced right away and pledged prompt progress on the reform.

The ruling coalition's absence from the drug test bill signing was coordinated, Jorge Alessandri said, framing it as a political signal. The caucus hoped to highlight tensions over the new measures.

A major newspaper reported that the Mapuche territorial dispute has entered a dangerous phase under his leadership. The mounting conflict pressures his policy plans as social unrest grows. Commentators say that a policy logjam could worsen the standoff for the next government.