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The Comptroller General’s Office of the Republic has granted an injunction from Christian Democrat deputies against the Minister of the Presidency, Giorgio Jackson, in which it states that the government authority “did not comply with the requirement of independence” by…

On 4 September, Chileans will decide whether to approve or reject the Magna Carta proposed by the 154 members of the Constituent Convention. Both options are the only ones available in this electoral call, so it is a fallacy or…

Chileans are voting on a new constitution that enshrines new protections for the environment. By Maxine Lowy Next month, on September 4, citizens in the South American nation of Chile will go to the polls in a plebiscite to decide…

Many great human events carry high doses of suspense. The smooth birth of a new being, the longed-for arrival of a saving rain, the arrival to a new continent or the Moon itself. The suspense that we Chileans are living…

Chile is going through a very important historical juncture. On September 4, a binding plebiscite will take place in which the population will decide whether to leave behind the current Constitution, imposed in its essence by the Pinochet dictatorship, or…

The “I approve” of the New Constitution moved away from that 80% of those of us who voted in 2020 for the changes. 58% say they are afraid and not enthusiastic. The bad thing about the proposed constitutional text is…

Chile’s new Constitutional Draft waiting for approval by plebiscite on September 4th 2022 represents the culmination of a long process initiated by the social outburst of October 19, 2019. The draft is the result of a unique, unprecedented and profoundly…

In case of winning the “I approve” in the plebiscite of September 4th, we will face an unprecedented situation in a constituent process at world level: That the organ in charge of concretizing in laws a great part of the…

Whether approval or rejection is imposed in the next plebiscite to define our constitutional future, everything augurs a terrible outlook if we consider that in any case what will be imposed is the triumph of intransigence and sectarianism. Especially when…

Those who support the Rejection of the new Constitution claim that with some reforms the current text can satisfy social demands. However, some lawyers, such as constitutionalist Miriam Henríquez (2021), point out that the rulings of the Constitutional Court (TC)…