He Constitutional Council of Chile that drafted a new Magna Carta proposal, delivered this Tuesday, hand in hand with its president, the far-right Beatriz Heviahis definitive text to the Chilean president, Gabriel Boricin a protocol act that culminates the second constituent process of the South American country.
“Now that the work of Constitutional Council has concluded and we have a second proposal for Constitutionthe definitive time opens for citizens who will have to decide how this text will allow us to address the major issues of Chili”said the president after receiving the document.
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The proposal, approved a week ago by the extreme right of the Republican Party (22 seats out of 50) and the coalition of the traditional right Chile Vamos (11 seats) and rejected by the 17 councilors of the official left, has a high probability of being discarded in the referendum of the next December 17, according to all surveys.
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The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the Constitutional Process in which he received the text of the proposed new Constitution, in the Hall of Honor of the National Congress in Santiago on November 7, 2023. (Photo by Pablo VERA/AFP).
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The ceremony, marked by the sobriety that has governed throughout this second constitutional attempt, It ended with the president’s signature of the decree calling for next month’s plebiscite.
Boric emphasized his “responsibility” that citizens “can express themselves with complete freedom” in that election, which – he said – implies generating the conditions of an electoral process “unobjectionable and expeditious” and that the voters “They have the necessary information to be able to make a serious and responsible decision.”
Defenders of the text argue that it guarantees “freedom” and “security” and gives “economic and legal certainties” to the country, while his critics call him “partisan” and they say that it perpetuates the neoliberal model that installed the current Constitution, in force since the dictatorship (1973-1990) and reformed dozens of times in democracy.
The president of constitutional bodyfor his part, pointed out in his speech that the text presented today “it seeks to take charge of the institutional development and the legal framework, but also of the challenges of the time and citizen emergencies.”
“True Chileans long with hope for this to be closed.” constitutional process and that we politicians leave our ideological and programmatic differences and put ourselves at their service,” added Hevia.
Until now, the main forces of the ruling party such as the Communist Partythe left coalition Wide Frontto which it belongs Boricand the Socialist Party They already announced their vote against the new articles. The decision of the Christian Democracyanother of the important groups in the country.
This is the second constitutional process that Chiliafter which it concluded in September 2022 with a overwhelming rejection of the electorate to a project written by a leftist convention.
If the proposal is finally rejected in December, the current one will remain in force Constitution, which has been reformed dozens of times in democracy but is questioned due to its dictatorial origin. The President’s Government Gabriel Boric He has already announced that he will not promote a third process.
