Eight former PPD deputies declared themselves deeply disappointed with the constitutional proposal, and publicly expressed their decision to vote for the Rejection option in the exit plebiscite set for September 4.
The group is made up of Víctor Manuel Rebolledo, Jorge Tarud, Jorge Soria Macchiavello, Miguel Ángel Alvarado, Romy Rebolledo, Eugenio Tuma, Joaquín Tuma and Patricio Hales. Through a letter reproduced by El Mercurio, the group affirmed that “having closely followed the deliberative process of the Constitutional Convention and rigorously examined the text that it proposes to us, we feel obliged to express our deep disappointment, for which we consider a great missed opportunity with respect to the proposal of the Convention”.
Likewise, the former PPD deputies who signed the declaration assured that the proposal “would not be beneficial for the future development of our country”, even though all of them recognize that, despite its reforms, “the 1980 Constitution suffers from a lack of legitimacy of source”.
Among the critical elements pointed out in the letter signed by these eight former parliamentarians, and which give rise to the decision to reject the proposed text, are “the consecration that the Chilean state is made up of 13 nations in addition to the Chilean nation, the conversion of the Judiciary in a Public Service with a Superior Council of Justice, whose integration severely compromises its independence, the elimination of the Senate, of the appeal for protection and of the state of emergency for serious disturbance of public order, the reestablishment of presidential reelection, the maintenance of the doctrine of the Pinochet Constitution of denying constitutional recognition to political parties, are all very important elements in the architecture of the country”.
