In the governing party's increasingly paranoid worldview, the media have become the single greatest enemy of the ANC.
In the governing centre-right Alliance for Chile, former ministers Andres Allamand and Pablo Longueira were neck and neck.
Criticism of her government over infighting in the governing coalition — mostly over tax cuts and the budget — has risen steadily.
Most draft laws are government bills introduced by ministers in the governing party.
Which way is the wind blowing in the governing party?
Leaders have no confidence in the governing body.
Some worried that austerity might create divisions in the governing coalition of unionists and republicans.
It came against the advice of many in the governing coalition.
Since his party is the second largest in the governing coalition, that could force early elections.
"It creates conflicting things in the governing mind," Mr. Rehberg said.
Many are regarded as anathema to increasingly disheartened MPs in the governing Syriza party.
