He Socialist Party (PS) and the Christian Democracy (DC) of Chile they spoke out against of the draft of the new Chilean national Constitution, written and approved by the plurality of the forces present in the Constitutional Council, which has a simple majority of the center-right. The project will be put to a referendum on December 17.
The president of the DC, Alberto Undurraga, called to vote against of the text, which considered that “regresses in rights, is inefficient and ineffective. In addition to being a populist text. “He also added that his party believes that the proposed text “It’s worse than the previous one and it is worse than the current one”, in reference to the one sanctioned in 1980, under the Augusto Pinochet regime.
“I haven’t heard from anyone in DC that you like the text as it is”stated the leader and added that, however, the Christian Democrats will seek “close the constitutional process”because the country “requires certainty.”
“The process independent of the result ends next December 17. If the option against wins, as I hope, any modification to the Constitution must be done within the framework of constitutional reformsnot in a new process,” Undurraga concluded.
Denial of the new draft grows: the word of the socialists
The constitutional advisor of the Socialist Party, Alejandro Köhler, stated that the right “made the same mistakes” of the previous process. And that the draft of the new Magna Carta approved by the Council “it is exclusive, dogmatic and fundamentalist”.
“It finally imposes a single look and a single morality. That means that much of the country was excluded from this constitutional text”he told channel T13.
“Unfortunately Chile today it does not have a constitutional text that represents the political, territorial and social diversity that characterizes our country,” said Köhler, who announced that the PS will vote against of the text in the plebiscite on December 17.
New Constitution: who is in favor
On the other hand, the party Yellow for Chilemade up of former members of the DC, called to vote in favor of the proposal and considered that the approved text It is “better” than the current Constitution.
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“We especially value the consecration of a social and democratic State of lawin addition to the expansion of social rights, the advances in Women rights; recognition of indigenous peoples; changes to the political system; decentralization and modernization of the State and “the commitment to caring for the environment, sustainability and development”they declared from Amarillos in a document published on social networks.
Meanwhile, the Republican Party and the right-wing coalition Chile Vamos they have already been defined in favor of the proposals, while Democrats He has not yet defined his position for the plebiscite.
The same thing happens with the Government that, although its opinion against the draft of the new Magna Carta is known, has not yet been made concrete.
The proposal for a new Constitution It was approved yesterday with 33 votes in favor and 17 against. And it will be delivered to President Gabriel Boric next Tuesday, so that it can be voted on by citizens in a mandatory plebiscite on December 17.
Source: Ambito
