Chile: Boric says that he “values” the agreement for a new constituent process and asks to “live up to it”

The president of ChiliGabriel Boric, said on Tuesday that he “values” the agreement to start a new constituent process reached the day before by the political forces and asked to “live up to it” and “learn from recent experiences.”

“I value the agreement that has been reached (…) I trust in good faith to reach agreements (during the drafting of the new magna carta)”, Indian Boric from La Moneda, seat of the Government.

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“The people of Chile have given us a second chance and we have a duty to live up to it, learning from recent experiences”he added.

Almost one hundred days after the resounding rejection of the proposal for new constitution in the September plebiscite and after intense negotiations, the Chilean political parties reached an agreement on Monday to start a new constituent process.

The pact, signed by 14 political forces from the conservative Independent Democratic Union (UDI) to the Communist Party, establishes that the new body that will draft the proposal of the Fundamental Law will be called the Constitutional Council and will be made up of 50 people elected by the citizens.

At the same time, a committee of experts appointed by Congress (12 by the Senate and 12 by the Chamber of Deputies) will be installed to prepare a preliminary draft that will serve as a basis for the council.

For the president, the agreement reached “reaffirms the value of democracy” and, despite the participation of designated experts, it is a process where “the citizenry has the last word” through a ratification plebiscite that will be held at the end of November of next year.

“Respecting the diversity of the country, we have reached a necessary and, I hope, decisive agreement to advance in a new social pact, and in a better democracy, with more freedoms and social rights”added Boric at a press point where the presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies were also present.

The leaderin favor of replacing the current Constitution, in force since the military dictatorship (1973-1990) and of a neoliberal nature, assured that his Government will maintain “a role of collaboration and facilitation” during the constitutional debate.

On September 4, 62.5% of Chileans rejected the constitutional proposal drawn up by a convention with a progressive majority and made up of independent citizens, without affiliation to political parties, with parity between men and women and seats reserved for indigenous people.

A few days later, the political forces began negotiations to start a new process because, despite the rejection in the plebiscite, there is a consensus on the need to replace the current Constitution, which promotes the privatization of basic services.

The pact reached on Monday also includes 12 institutional principles that the drafting body must follow and that would prevent a refoundational proposal.

Among these points are the declaration of Chile as a “social and democratic State of rights”, the recognition of indigenous peoples within the “Chilean nation” and the bicameral system.

Source: Elcomercio

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