After three months of debates, the Congress of Chile reached an agreement this Monday (12) to start the next constituent process, after the defeat of a proposal for a new Charter in a plebiscite held in September.
The agreement was negotiated at the request of President Gabriel Boric. In September, less than six months into office, he suffered his first significant defeat when he saw a new constitution rejected by a wide margin. Despite not having openly supported the passage, the administration is weakened by the fact that the proposed Charter was one of the engines of its political coalition and an essential part of its campaign.
In October 2020, 80% of Chileans decided in a plebiscite to retire the 1981 Constitution, enacted during the Chilean military dictatorship. Two years later, however, there was no consensus to approve the new Charter, drawn up by a Constituent Assembly composed mostly of independent left-wing legislators.
Boric and the country’s main parties had agreed that the constitutional process would continue even with the scenario of rejection, with the beginning of the writing of a new Charter.
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