The government spokesperson, Camila Vallejo, referred to the exclusion of the former presidents of the Republic from the delivery ceremony of the proposed new Constitution by the Constitutional Convention, alluding to the fact that they must be “part of this history.” .
After a series of criticisms of the organization, it will be the board of directors who will determine this Thursday whether to extend the invitation to Eduardo Frei, Ricardo Lagos, Michelle Bachelet and Sebastián Piñera.
in conversation with CNN Chile, The Secretary of State stated that “the former presidents have to be part of this history at some point, not only in the vote itself, which, by the way, they have every right and duty to.”
“The Convention is autonomous in this, but I believe that at some point they have to be a party and, at least we, are going to guarantee that at some point we can make them a part of this process,” he added.
“Obviously all the former presidents have to be there. I think it’s an important republican act,” Vallejo said.
