The Constitutional Convention delivers its final proposal for the new Magna Carta of Chile

First modification: 07/05/2022 – 23:47

The document with the proposal for the new Chilean Constitution was drafted by a convention that has gender parity. It is made up of 154 citizens, most of them independent and progressive, who seek to consolidate Chile as a social state of law.

There are 388 articles that enshrine social rights such as public and universal health, free education, better pensions, access to housing and water, the right to interrupt pregnancy. They also seek the plurinational character of the State, with autonomy of the native peoples such as the Mapuches.

Said proposal must be approved by Chilean citizens in a mandatory national referendum on September 4, and, if it receives the approval of citizens, it would leave behind the current Constitution, which was drawn up during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

How do the balances move in the face of the September vote, now that a campaign to publicize the proposal begins? What do the different sectors of society say? How much support does this new Magna Carta have? How will the future of Chile change? We analyze it together with our guests:

– Lucía Miranda Leibe, academic at the Silva Henríquez Catholic University, in Chile.

– Patricio Gajardo Lagomarsino, political scientist, historian and Master in International Studies from the University of Chile. He has a specialization in Latin American Political Studies from the University of Brasilia and is an associate professor in political science and international relations at the University of Chile and San Sebastián.