Chile is back ballot box with unmistakable signs burnout And political indifference. Flour selection 50 members of the Constitutional Council Who will prepare your proposal? new Magna Carta It promises bitter surprises for you. young president Gabriel Boric.
Men and women who will be part of that body, draft previously prepared by a group 24 experts. Between June and November, the final text should be prepared, which should be approved by another vote on 17 December. 7-M comes in the middle A recessive economic scenario, with a 2.1% decrease in activity, increase in unemployment, an eight-point hot discussion about the problem urban security and above all, two-star reforms between left government key -la’s tax And pensions- buried in the swamp.
first attempt to change the constitution and eliminate inherited corporate matrix between dictatorship was the fruit social epidemic end 2019. But the protests had run out of energy last September, and This text, drafted by a joint Convention and with a clear environmental implication, was rejected by 62% of voters.
Inadequately informed citizen
On this occasion, analysts predict that it will once again be the opposition, but alien to Chileans, to profit from the outcome of a forced election. At least a study by Universidad Diego Portales and Feedback shows this: 83% The proportion of those consulted think of themselves little or no information provided about her founding process.
Scholars Thomas Villaseca and Isidora Russo of Diego Portales have identified the “little connection” of society to what is at stake. Another researcher from that workhouse, Claudio Fuentes, said that Chileans are very skeptics “On the possibility of establishing a political and social coexistence agreement”. Another academic, Nerea Palma, indifference it is due to myriad reasons, “but it is unquestionable that the above process has had a direct impact.”
The first project with a clear environmental implication was rejected by 62% of voters in September 2022.
Boric, who has been at the Palacio de la Moneda for less than 14 months and played fully throughout the season. unsuccessful founding election last septemberAccording to the newspaper ‘La Tercera’, he has decided to play a “secondary role” in the competition, this time to the point of seeing some of his leadership, now endorsed by only a third of the population, erode. The president wants to separate his figure “as much as possible from the final defeat that the ruling party is already waiting for”.
Adverse scenario
Former MP and election expert Pepe Auth told the ‘El Líbero’ portal that it will be difficult for the Government to pass 38% of the vote this Sunday. According to him, it would be “logical” to repeat the differences with the opposition eight months ago.
About 350 candidates are vying for 50 seats. unit for Chile official list Bringing together the Communist Party, the Broad Front, the Socialist Party and the Liberal Party. But at the same time, two other entities that joined the governing coalition, the PPD and the Radical Party, joined a separate list called All Chile, accompanied by Christian Democrats. This bifurcation to the left and center left can be costly and not produce the desired result. 21 representative councilors were required to have veto power in a structure where the right and the extreme right will be in the majority.
Ghost of Caste
HE big fear The government’s claim, as in other countries in the region, is that the rise in the most radical statements was confirmed at the polls. Boric won the second round at the end of 2021. far-right José Antonio Kast. This Fan of Augusto Pinochet and Jair Bolsonaro takes his revenge in advance. He believes his Republican Party can place the Sunday night rating above Chile’s Seguro’s historical conservatism and is more inclined to negotiate with his opponents.
A few days before the election, it was learned that the populist People’s Party (PDG) Constitutional Council candidate Karla Añes Gajardo withdrew from the election. prisoner for drug trafficking and disqualified from public office. Analysts predict that those votes will go to their supporters. caste. The far right seems to be inoculated in the face of elections. The revelation that one of its candidates, Aldo Sebastián Sanhueza Carrera, was in a sexual harassment suit did not arouse further outrage. A sign of time. three years ago collective Las Tesis has been at the forefront of the feminist wave with ‘A rapist in her path’.
lithium problem
“The election results will show us how much progress can be made in reaching major agreements, not only on a new Constitution, but also on reforms that the country has been crying out for for some time,” Iván Weissman said on the portal. “Hand Counter”. Out of scrutiny, Chile could further erode the stability of a government that, despite its difficulties, does not cease to formulate certain formulas. bold political projectssuch as the decision to give the state a central role in its exploitation. lithium. Chili pepper It is the second largest mineral producer in the world after Australia. Supporters of Caste, the government’s “Sold to China” with this initiative.