A 100% elected “Constitutional Council”, a committee of experts and a mandatory plebiscite in November 2023. These are some of the criteria contemplated by the mechanism presented to the opposition by the official parties —together with the DC— to continue with the path to a new Magna Carta.
A fully democratic body is proposed, elected by compulsory vote and made up of 90 members plus nine reserved seats, while at said work table 32 specialists would prepare from January 2023 a non-binding text for the constitutional discussion, which would be presented to the Cabildo.
While citizens must go to the polls, the ruling party’s proposal establishes that the National Congress will form and elect the joint commission of experts. The names will be proposed by the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies and ratified by the Senate, in both cases by a quorum of three fifths (3/5).
Under official propositions, there would be elections on March 26, 2023, with mandatory voting, to elect the members of the council. Unlike the first constitutional convention, the campaign period is reduced and, consequently, also its financing.
The installation of the Constitutional Council would be on May 1, would work for five months; including in that period the final harmonization process. The text would be submitted for ratification through a mandatory plebiscite on November 5, 2023. This would allow the promulgation of the Constitution, ideally, by the end of 2023.
For the helmsman of Social Convergence, Diego Ibanez“the proposal that we make goes in the direction of also giving citizens their space so that they can influence the content of the future New Constitution.”
alvaro elizaldepresident of the Senate, maintained that “time is running against us, but we have to take all the necessary steps precisely to reach a good agreement.”
Regarding the times, the head of the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies, Vlado Mirosevic, He mentioned that he does not dare to judge, because just a few days ago he joined the negotiation in his capacity as newly assumed president of the Chamber. “Today there have been almost two months of dialogue. Regarding the times, I am not the best person to establish it, I am just updating myself, I would not dare to say when this will come to fruition,” he commented during a morning press point , relieving that what is required is to consolidate a good consensus on the long subject that modified the political agenda after the defeat of the Approval, on September 4.
The bet will be presented to Chile Vamos, from where they question the number of members. For this reason, the opposition will discuss a counterproposal that would soon be made official, while the meetings will continue over the weekend between the coalitions and will formally resume on Tuesday, November 22 in Valparaíso.
The president of National Renewal (RN), Francisco Chahuan, For his part, he warned that “there is no more space, there is no climate, to continue stretching the chewing gum. Here there is a space to understand that, according to the bilateral conversations that we have had, there will have to be an agreement with those who join “.
“What we observe is that the ruling party has not yet looked closely enough at the result of the plebiscite,” added the deputy and general secretary of RN, Diego Schalper, according to the newspaper The time. And he specified: “He has not looked closely enough at the opinion polls… and the election mechanism also has to empathize with the sobriety of the process.”
The proposal indicates that the exit plebiscite will be held on Sunday, November 5, 2023 with a mandatory vote, and the new Constitution will eventually be promulgated in December 2023 or January 2024.
