RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to a survey published Monday (27) by the company Cadem, the new Chilean Constitution approves 33% of the population. In January, the figure was 56%.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric, on the other hand, registered 59% disapproval, up 5% from the previous week.
This is the worst result for Boric since he took over the presidency in March this year. The approval rating for his government has also dropped from 40% to 34% compared to the beginning of his term.
In addition, the survey shows that 91% of the population views the country’s economy as stagnant or deteriorating.
According to the survey, 61% of Chileans said they were afraid and worried about the new constituent. The first draft of the new Constitution was presented by Chile’s Constitutional Commission on May 17 and is expected to be finalized in July. A referendum on the Constitution will be held on Sept. 4.
GROWING DISAPPROVAL
In his seventh week in office, Gabriel Boric already registered 53% disapproval among the Chilean population. Poder360 compared the results with previous heads of state and found that the new president’s popularity had suffered the most significant deterioration in the country’s recent history.
When he was elected, Boric had an approval rating of 50 percent. His inauguration followed a popular movement calling for a new constitution for the country in 2019 to replace the current text from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.