After the meeting, the president of the Senate, Álvaro Elizalde, told the press that all the parties, social movements and representatives of civil society would be convened “to promote a dialogue, which will allow us to convey certainty to Chile as soon as possible, establish a path of institutional dialogue to fulfill the commitment to move towards a Constitution”.
Mayors and governors also appeared on the summoned list. However, no right-wing opposition party confirmed attendance pending the announced change of cabinet that the president would carry out on Tuesday to face this new stage. “What we obviously require is to establish the margins of this second opportunity so that citizens can really define what the text that represents them is,” said Camila Vallejo, a government spokeswoman.
Sunday’s constitutional plebiscite left a clear message: the Magna Carta proposal drawn up by a Constitutional Convention, made up of 154 constituents elected on a parity basis and with reserved indigenous seats, did not convince the population.
The “Rejection” was imposed with 61.86% of the votes compared to 38.14% of the “Approval”. Once the results were known, which dealt a heavy blow to his government in favor of “I Approve”, President Boric stated: “We must listen to the voice of the people.” The “discomfort is still latent” and Chile cannot ignore it, referring to the social outbreak of 2019.
With the overwhelming victory against the constitutional proposal, the current Magna Carta drawn up in 1980 under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) is still in force, although the majority of voters, political leaders and social organizations agree that Chile wants a different .
The great protagonist of the changes will be the Congress, made up of 50% by the right. The rest is divided between independents, socialists and Christian Democrats.
The European Union reacted to the result of the referendum and underlined the need to move forward.
Source: Ambito
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