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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]
The proposed Constitution's origins can be traced to the aftermath of the 2019-2020 Chilean social uprising. During the protests in late 2019, calls for a new constitution drafted by a constituent assembly emerged as a common demand.
The election at the National Stadium in Santiago. 'Rechazo' campaign, 1 September 2022. According to the itinerary originally proposed for the constituent process, it was estimated that the plebiscite to approve or reject the text of the new Constitution would take place in September 2021, if the Constitutional Convention met its term of nine months and did not request the three-month ...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — 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 ...
Barely a year earlier, 62% of Chilean voters had resoundingly rejected a proposed constitution from the other end of the ideological spectrum. Chileans eschew extremes in quest for new ...
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -For the second time in just as many years, Chile has a new proposed constitutional rewrite after the congressional council in charge of drafting it approved the final document ...
Constitutional Council elections were held in Chile on 7 May 2023. [1] [2] Voting was compulsory, [3] and resulted in an electoral victory for right-wing parties, passing the threshold of a three-fifths majority of constitutional council members to freely draft a new constitution, removing the veto option from left-wing members.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Tuesday called for a national plebiscite on a second proposal to replace the country's dictatorship-era constitution. The document was finalized last week by a ...