Boric calls for civil unity of the electorate

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, 8 May. With a call for unity and “not to make the same mistakes,” Chilean President Gabriel Boric reacted to the victory of the far right in the election of constitutional advisers held last Sunday.

The large number of votes received by right-wing candidates, led by former presidential candidate José Antonio Cast, ensures the presence of 33 representatives out of 50, who will have the so-called Constitutional Council responsible for drafting a new Magna Carta based on a draft previously prepared by experts.

This number of seats will effectively give them the right to draft a constitution on their own, La Jornada commented metaphorically, since it represents far more than the three-fifths (30) minimum needed to approve the articles.

Meanwhile, the center-left garnered only 17 votes, far short of the two-fifths that would have given them the power to veto and force negotiations.

The election was seen as a plebiscite of sorts for the mandate, which revealed what analysts are calling a public security crisis, a problem of illegal entry of migrants, and an economic situation that is perceived as poor due to high inflation (13 percent). cents in 2022) and poor economic performance.

Accordingly, Kast made a triumphant announcement. “Today we can breathe a little more calmly, with relief and say responsibly and with hope that today is the first day of a better future for our country, this is the first day of a new beginning for Chile,” he said, which was interpreted as an advance for being will run again in the 2025 presidential election, and evidence of what will be most decisive: his belief that the balance of political preferences has shifted since Gabriel Boric surpassed him with 55.8 percent of the vote, up from 44.1 percentage of votes received by him. , in the last presidential election.

In fact, some of the headlines about what happened on Sunday spoke of a “turn” in Chile and believed that the right had become the first political force.

However, less has been said about invalid and empty votes—voting is mandatory in Chile, so abstentions are less valued—which expresses dissatisfaction with the agreed-upon system for drafting the text of the constitution.

Votes invalidated by voters as a result of ballots being left blank or written against the process amounted to more than 21 percent, or 2.5 million votes, which exceeds the number of votes received by a third party elected to the Constitutional Council: a list of traditional right represented in Chile Seguro, observers noted.

The invalid vote was the focus of a previous campaign by dissatisfied leftists and social movements, according to which a commission of experts had already formed a text base to be used by the new voters.

Another point of contention is the lack of popular representation in the candidates. The critical sectors note that the applicants were members of traditional parties or MPs.

In the October 2020 vote, 78 percent of voters voted in favor of the new Constitution, raising the roar of the 2019 social protests.

But the draft Magna Carta, prepared by another Constituent Assembly with broad representation from popular movements, unions and independents, was defeated in a referendum last September, when 62 percent of voters voted to reject and only 38.1 percent voted to approve.

A month later, the so-called Chile Accord demonstrated that the goal of replacing the Magna Carta abandoned by Augusto Pinochet was maintained, opening the door to this new constitutional process.

President Boric’s warning should be understood as a rereading of the results of the 2022 vote, when he urged the right “not to make the same mistake we made at the time.” That is, he urged the constitutionalists to “listen” to everyone.

Some speculate that the text now outgoing may be as Pinochetist as the Constitution left by the former dictator but still in place.

But the approved timetable sets new consultations for December of this year, giving citizens another opportunity to speak out as the project now under development must be put to a new vote.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

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