Nearly 3,000 polling stations opened this Sunday. Hot pepper To kick off one of the most important votes in recent history, where more than 15.1 million Chileans will decide. whether they approve or disapprove of a proposal for a new Constitution.
If approved, the text will replace the existing Magna Carta inherited from the dictatorship (1973-1990) and Seen by a section of society as the source of inequalities in the country to encourage the privatization of essential services such as education, health or retirement.
If rejected, the current Basic Law will remain in effect, but Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, said: has already announced that it will organize a new constituent process. and the mandate of the October 2020 plebiscite, in which almost 80% of Chileans call for constitutional changes, will be fulfilled.
Surveys They will be open until 18:00 local time (23:00 Spanish time) and the expected result will be obvious in a few hours.
The president said on Twitter during the midnight hit that “Sunday is going to be a great day” and the community is “very proud” that he’s “come here”.
“In Chile, we resolve our differences with more democracy, not less”added.
uncertain outcome
A proponent of constitutional amendment, Boric traveled to his hometown of Punta Arenas, 3,000 kilometers south of Santiago. cover up first thing in the morning Whatever the winning option, he is expected to speak on a national network once the result is clear.
Recent polls have revealed the trend to reject the text continues, but experts warn that the stage is clear as voting is universal and mandatory for the first time, and there are many voters who haven’t turned up for years.
The new text makes Chile a “Social and democratic rule of law, multinational, intercultural, regional and ecological”consecrates a new catalog of social rights and “equal and inclusive”.
“There are issues that the text is one of the most avant-garde in the world, especially on issues of gender equality and nature protection,” constitutionalist Tomás Jordán Efe of the Alerto Hurtado University told the newspaper.
The defenders say will help create a “more equitable” ChileWhile voicing the citizens’ main demand in the 2019 protest wave, his opponents argue that it is a “radical” text and does not “unite the country”.
Source: Informacion
