When you last heard from Daveschile, in late August 2022, we were meekly predicting the defeat of the much awaited proposal for a new Chilean constitution. That prediction proved to be right, so since the September 4th plebiscite, in which they rejected the proposal by
“We, the people of Chile, comprised of diverse nations, freely grant this constitution, agreed to in a participatory and democratic process with parity of representation.” This is the short Preamble of the proposal for a new Magna Carta for Chile, crafted by 154 members of
Let’s remember a ways back; back before Chileans elected a new congress, and before they elected a new President (35 year old Gabriel Boric), all to take charge on March 11, 2022. Just before those important elections, they chose a group of 155 citizens to
On Sunday, October 25, 2020, over seven million Chileans participated in a plebiscite that decisively launched a process to rewrite Chile’s Constitution. About 75% of them favored the constitutional rewrite, and to do it via the election of 155 citizens to make up a Constitutional