FNX Magokiler Posted October 5, 2023 Posted October 5, 2023 The Constitutional Council, dominated by the Republican Party, has completed the voting stage of the amendments to the proposal for a new Constitution and has sent the text to the Expert Commission for review. Starting on October 7, the Expert Commission will have five days to propose modifications, which will then be submitted again to the full Council. The Commission's observations must be approved by three-fifths of the directors. The process has been marked by controversies due to the inclusion of certain articles criticized for their “regress” on issues such as the right to life and the expulsion of migrants. The Constitutional Council, one of the three bodies of the constitutional process that drafts a new Magna Carta for Chile, completed this Wednesday the voting stage of the amendments to the proposed new Constitution and sent the text to the Expert Commission for review. The body, where the Republican Party holds the majority and together with Chile Vamos obtained 33 of the 50 seats, wrote a draft since July based on a text worked on by 24 experts chosen by Parliament. Starting on October 7, the Expert Commission will have five days to propose modifications to the recently approved proposal and, subsequently, the indications will be submitted again to the full Council. The observations of the Expert Commission must be rejected by two-thirds or approved by three-fifths of the directors. If doubts arise about any article and these quorums are not reached, a mixed commission of experts and advisors will be created to resolve the dispute. Finally, the law establishes that the Council must vote and approve the entire text by three-fifths of its members. In recent weeks, the Council has experienced various controversies for including some articles that have been criticized from various sectors for representing "setbacks", such as "the right to life of those who are yet to be born", the immediate expulsion of migrants who enter by steps non-qualified and the tax exemption for the first home, a measure that benefits people with higher incomes. The latest polls indicate that the text's detractors are increasing and that a majority of Chileans are inclined to vote against, just as they did a year ago with the first Magna Carta proposal, prepared by a body with a progressive majority and which proposed extensive changes in institutionality. Faced with a possible second failure, figures from different political sectors, including some representatives of the traditional right-wing coalition Chile Vamos, asked the Council to change course and draft a text that is as similar as possible to the draft prepared by the experts appointed by Parliament. . The deadline for the Constitutional Council to send the text to the Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, will be November 7. Later, on December 17, he will be submitted to a plebiscite. https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2023/10/04/sono-la-campana-consejo-constitucional-despacha-propuesta-de-nueva-constitucion-para-su-etapa-final/
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