Among the articles approved by two thirds of the plenary session of the Convention is one that adopts the term “maritorio” and establishes that “Chile is an oceanic country made up of continental, insular and Antarctic marine and marine-coastal ecosystems, as well as the waters, the bed and the existing subsoil in the maritorio, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, the continental shelf and its extension”.
Despite the approval of the autonomy of the regions and the existence of regional legislative assemblies, article 25, which establishes that said assemblies are bodies of “popular representation, collegiate, autonomous, multinational and joint” did not reach 103 votes to be approved in general (100 votes in favor), so it will have to go back to the original commission.
Yesterday’s session was marked by criticism from the right-wing and center-right conventionalists, who do not reach 52 to be able to reject the articles, and expressed their disagreement with the approval of 14 of the 16 articles of the Justice System report, so that part of the block was declared in “reflection”.
Despite the rumors that several of the right-wing conventionalists would leave the Convention, accusing the Plenary of little “moderation” when it comes to voting on norms, the bloc confirmed that they will continue to work.
Today will begin the discussion and subsequent voting in particular of the 14 articles approved in general of the report of the Justice System Commission.
The new constitutional text has a deadline of July 4 and will have to be approved in a plebiscite of exit that will take place in the second half of 2022, during the mandate of Gabriel Boricwho assumes the presidency on March 11.
Until the new Magna Carta is approved, the 1980 Constitution is in force in Chile, drafted during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
Just 30 years after the return of democracy and after the mobilizations and massive demonstrations of the so-called social outbreak of October 2019, an agreement was reached with the majority of the ruling and opposition parties to draft a new Magna Carta.
The crowds that took to the Chilean streets then pointed to the current Constitution as the source of inequality and demanded a new State model that would guarantee public health, universal quality education or improved pensions.
On October 25, 2020, through a national plebiscite, the drafting of the new Constitution was approved by a large majority, and for this purpose, 155 conventional members were elected, on a parity basis and with seats reserved for indigenous peoples, in May 2021.
Source: Ambito
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