Chilean lawmakers reach agreement on new constitution

On Monday (12), the Chilean government and opposition parliamentarians announced an agreement to start drafting the new Constitution.

It takes place 3 months after the referendum that overwhelmingly rejected a 1st progressively biased text.

The agreement foresees that the new Constitution of Chile will be drafted next year.

It must take place by a group of 50 constitutional advisers elected by direct vote, based on a draft prepared by a commission of 24 specialists.

The new Chilean text would be submitted to a referendum in November or December of next year, with mandatory public participation.

The deal comes after Chileans voted in September against a proposed new constitution, which would have been one of the most progressive charters in the world, prompting Socialist President Gabriel Boric to reshuffle his cabinet.

The deal must now pass through Chile’s Congress, where not all lawmakers support the plan.

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