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The state of suffrage in Chile since 1833: From 1833: Men over 25, if single, or 21, if married, able to read and write, and owning property or capital of a certain value fixed by law. (Art. 8 of the 1833 Constitution) The 1884 Election Law drops the ownership requirement for men and explicitly bans women from being registered. [29]
The elections to determine the seats of the 155 constituent conventions was held in May 2021. Within thirty days after the election, the elected candidates must be proclaimed and within three days after this ruling must be communicated to the National Congress and the President of the Republic; the latter, within 3 days of receiving said communication, must call the installation session of the ...
The proposed new constitution would replace the 1925 constitution, and was approved by over two-thirds of voters. [ 2 ] The referendum was controversial, as Chile was then being ruled by a military dictatorship, and it ensured that Augusto Pinochet would remain in power with a rule by decree until 1988, after which he was peacefully removed ...
On the wooden benches of Santiago’s Estadio Nacional, university professor Luís Cifuentes spent long, empty days in the spring of 1973 trying to ignore the agonizing screams emanating from the ...
Chile's President Sebastian Pinera on Monday signed off on a referendum to be held on a new constitution, which he vowed would generate a "solid, compassionate and legitimate framework" that would ...
Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Tuesday received the new constitution draft and called for a national plebiscite next month so citizens can decide whether the new charter will replace the ...
A constitutional referendum was held in Chile on 17 December 2023, [1] [2] to determine whether the public approved a new constitution drafted by an appointed committee of experts and amended by an elected Constitutional Council. [3] The new text of the constitution was approved by the Council on 30 October and put to a vote on 17 December. [4]
All texts define Chile as a unitary state, the president is both head of state and government, with a bicameral congress and independent judiciary. The Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1833 (168 articles, with 7 transitional provisions). It was discussed and approved by a Great Convention in 1833 whose initial mission was to reform the ...