Chilean political parties saw negotiations temporarily halted on Thursday towards a new constituent process by the official attempts to seal an agreement in October, something that the right-wing opposition denies.
The negotiations seek a transversal agreement to draft a new constitution that replaces the current one, imposed by a military dictatorship, after 62% of the electorate rejected in a consultation at the beginning of September a project for a refoundational magna carta arising from a leftist convention .
The leftist ruling party affirms that the agreement must be signed during October to meet the legal deadlines of the autonomous Electoral Service (SERVEL), an organization that warned that at least 140 days are needed to meet the legal deadlines that allow a new constituent process to begin, which would leave in April 2023.
The pro-government deputy Diego Ibáñez affirmed that if the transverse pact is not signed this month, Congress will not have time to review and approve it, and then advance in the election of the drafters of the project, next April. For the ruling party, October represents the departure of the Chilean constituent process.
However, the right-wing opposition refuses to sign a pact this month, because October 18 marks the third anniversary of a violent social outburst which led to the failed constitutional process.
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