The 50 constitutional advisers in charge of drafting the new magna carta of Chilichaired by the right, with the presence of the president gabriel boricwho started the second process to establish a new Constitution.
Boric began this morning the process that could lead to a new constitution: “This council is installed today because we have achieved, traveling a long way, that agreements prevail”.
The mandatary thanked the work of the Expert Commission, in charge of writing the constitutional draft that will serve as a guide for the directors, and stressed that “they carried out their task with a patriotic spirit that proved to be virtuous and I also hope is contagious, not only for this space, but for the whole of Chilean society.”
Along these lines, he asked the elected councilors “collaboration” and “yield when necessary”in order to find the common points “in search of the best for Chile”.
“I am convinced that it will do our country good to close this (constituent) cycle. I trust that during these months of intense work that awaits you, you will think about those people that you have promised to represent and that this proposal manages to contain and include them,” he said.
The right and control over the Constitutional Council
The drafting of a new constitution took place in a context of control by the Chilean right, a sector that was victorious in the elections for constitutional councilors on May 7.
The ultra-right centered in the Republican Party gave the bump and won the elections in Chile to elect the 50 constitutional advisers who must draft the new magna Carta, after the rejection of the previous process, born from the social outbreak of 2019.
The match of Jose Antonio Kast, the former presidential candidate who came in second in the elections in which the president was victorious Gabriel Boric, He obtained 35.53% of the votes in the recount, with 95% counted, and placed first over the 28.34% of Unidad de Chile, the pro-government movement.
Source: Ambito
