The televised electoral slot will be on the air between August 5 and September 1, said the body that oversees the operation of television.
Take sides
“Now the campaigns are starting and the positions are going to start to be a little more honest,” political analyst Kenneth Bunker told Reuters.
Chile experienced a political earthquake on Tuesday when the former socialist president Ricardo Lagoswho governed the country in the early 2000s, published a letter in which he stated that both the current Constitution, inherited from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochetas the proposal by the assembly do not attract support.
The current Magna Carta, originated in 1980 with a clear focus on the free market, has been reformed dozens of times. The most profound change – which eliminated so-called “authoritarian enclaves” such as appointed senators and gave deputies more oversight powers – occurred in the Lagos government.
During the day, several other figures from the sector of center left who ruled Chile for 30 years after the fall of the dictatorship, as the former Minister of Finance Andres Velasco or the former president of the Codelco board Oscar Landerretcheannounced that they will vote rejection.
On the other side, the former president and current head of Human Rights of the UN Michelle Bachelet previously showed his support for the constitutional body and the need for the new Constitution in Chile.
The new Constitution does not generate enthusiasm
But beyond the announcements, since April the polls have shown a gradual drop in citizen support for the new text and a rise in rejection, along the same lines that support for Boric has fallen, whose government has moderated its discourse around to the process although it aspires to the approval of the new text.
“If the rejection wins, there must be some kind of ‘plan B’, the government cannot go out and improvise on September 5, it must have a political scaffolding to take charge of the social demands. People want a new Constitution, but apparently they don’t want this new one,” Bunker said.
Changing the Constitution left by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet is a long-standing desire of various sectors.
In October 2020, a year after the social outbreak in Chile, an overwhelming majority of almost 80% opened the door to the drafting of a new text. And although the option to approve has now fallen, voters continue to support a change and some are leaning towards a kind of third way, say polls.
Source: Ambito
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