Deconstructing the September 4 Plebiscite in Chile

GUESTS:


Patricio Zamorano, Co-Director of the Council on Hemispheric
Affairs which is also a WTF broadcast partner. Patricio is
Chilean born and has been living in the US for 20 years. He voted
at the Chilean Embassy in Washington DC on Sunday.


Alondra Carrillo Vidal, member of the Chilean Constitutional
Convention and spokesperson for Coordinadora Feminista 8M


BACKGROUND:


On Sunday, September 4, Chileans overwhelmingly voted against a
proposed new constitution rejecting what would have been one of
the world's most progressive charters.


While nearly 80% of Chileans voted to draft a new constitution in
2020, nearly 62% of voters rejected the new text with 99.74
percent of ballot boxes counted.


Karol Cariola, spokeswoman for the approval campaign, conceded
defeat late on Sunday night in downtown Santiago but said the
mandate to draft a new text remains in force.


President Gabriel Boric, whose government is largely tied to the
new text, said cabinet changes were coming and the government
would work to draft another constitution.


The proposed text that voters rejected was a response to
widespread violent protests that gripped the nation in late 2019
and focused on social rights, the environment, gender parity and
indigenous rights, a sharp shift from its market-friendly
constitution dating back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.


FOLLOW OUR GUESTS:


Patricio Zamorano https://twitter.com/ZamoranoInfo


Javiera Mazi https://twitter.com/JavieraManzi





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