"Jose Antonio Kast, presidential candidate for the Republican Party, cast his vote in the second round of the elections in Chile at the Ana Maria Mogas school, in the Paine commune, amid moments of tension between supporters, security personnel, and press teams. In the images, the candidate is seen greeting volunteers and polling station authorities before entering the voting location. After voting, he gave a statement to the press, in which he emphasised the importance of citizen participation and the need for peaceful elections. "We always appeal to unity to move forward, to move forward in solving those issues that we all know today make people’s daily lives difficult. And that also requires some degree of legislative unity, because we are clear that many of these issues do not only depend on the will of the one who exercises the government as president or president, nor of their cabinet," the candidate emphasized. Kast also assured that he will seek to maintain optimal relations with the countries of the region, with particular emphasis on a close relationship with Argentine President Javier Milei. "I know many of the parliamentarians who work with the president and if President Milei and I talked the day I passed to the second round, we have great dreams for our fellow citizens to do well, and that requires harmony," he said. This is the third time that José Antonio Kast runs for the presidency of Chile. He first ran in 2017 as an independent candidate (after leaving the Independent Democratic Union), obtaining about 8% of the votes. Later, in 2021, he achieved a much stronger result with 44% of the votes in the first round, although he was defeated in the final runoff by his opponent Gabriel Boric, the current president of Chile. Recently, Kast obtained 23.9% in the count held on Sunday, November 16, while his main opponent, Jeannette Jara, candidate for the "Unidad por Chile" coalition, obtained 26.8% of the votes. "