62.5% of the vote voted “no” to the proposed new constitution. In this way, the previous text, drawn up during the Pinochet dictatorship, is preserved.
Euskaraz irakurri: Txilek ezezkoa eman gave Konstituzio berriaren proposamenari
Chile rejected with a 62.5% of the votes the proposal for a new constitution, which maintains the previous text drawn up during the Pinochet dictatorship.
Therefore, the option to accept the new Magna Carta, which enshrined a new set of social rights, was supported by only 37.8% of voters.
Once the trend was confirmed in the polls, dozens of people started using celebrate it on the streets of the country, especially in the wealthy districts of the capital, where the rejection won by more than 10 points.
For his part, President Gabriel Boric has promised to new constituent process in the country along with Congress and social forces. The leader has stated that they will hold a round of talks “to gather the proposals from the various sectors that have committed to the country setting up a new constituent process.”
The president has indicated that he has already spoken to some of the actors and added that, “beyond the legitimate differences”, he knows that “the willingness to dialogue and find.”
Likewise, he has left the door open for a remodel of his cabinet in the coming days.
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Source: EITB
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