[Politics] Pepe Auth facing the constitutional plebiscite: “The process has already failed, it did not achieve consensus”

[FNX Magokiler]

On the eve of the plebiscite on December 17, in which Chilean citizens will demonstrate “In Favor” or “Against” the proposal for a new constitution supported by the Republican Party and Chile Vamos, political analyst Pepe Auth offered a vision criticism about the process and its possible implications.

According to the former deputy and former PPD militant, citizens are driven by distrust and hopelessness, fueled by the feeling of having been “walked around” for four years. In a new chapter of Al Pan Pan with Mirna Schindler, the analyst highlighted the perception that the responses to the demands expressed in the social outbreak—beyond violence—were diverted towards a more legal than social pact. The result, according to Pepe Auth, is a “lawyers' pact” that does not adequately address essential social issues, such as pensions and work, that were the driving force of discontent.

The analyst suggested that the po[CENSORED]tion perceives that regardless of what is written in the new Constitution, their lives will not experience significant changes. In his view, frustration and mistrust have taken root, creating a perception that the constitutional process has failed to address society's true needs.

Auth highlighted that, although politicians have their relevance in the process, they are not decisive.

 

 

He expressed his belief in the existence of uncertainty because the result will not make a radical difference in the daily reality of citizens. For Auth, the probability of failure is considerable, arguing that the process has already failed by not achieving consensus to establish common rules of the game between political actors and society as a whole.

“The process has already failed, it did not achieve consensus to define common rules of the game for all political actors and society,” he stated.

From this perspective, Auth hinted that the result of the plebiscite could be, to a certain extent, indifferent. However, he assured that someone for whom he is not indifferent is the leader of the Republican Party and former presidential candidate José Antonio Kast.

Pepe Auth facing the constitutional plebiscite: “The process has already failed, it did not achieve consensus”

Pepe Auth warned that distrust towards the constitutional process, perceived as a “lawyers' pact” that does not address social demands, could result in a plebiscite where indifference predominates, with the probability of a total failure of special relevance for José Antonio Kast .

 

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