Chile: Left-Wing Forces Seek a New Start With the Plebiscite

Published by SolidarioGB. Algarrobo, 5th Region, Chile

A month before the plebiscite, left-wing parties and organizations launched the I Approve Chile Digno initiative to promote an agreement regarding the new constitution which express rights such as the implementation of the right to vote for adolescents over 16 years of age and the right to free, quality public education at all levels.

On Tuesday, Marcos Barraza, former minister of Social Development, warned that a plebiscite victory does not mean that the right is ultimately defeated, and it is up to the progressive forces to reflect social rights in a new constitution properly. 

Chileans will be asked if they want a new constitution. They will then have to respond about what legal body should write this new constitution, one represented half and half by parliamentarians and citizens especially elected for this task, or another legal body represented only by the citizens.

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However, a month before the plebiscite, left-wing parties and organizations launched the I Approve Chile Digno initiative to promote an agreement regarding the new constitution, which would contain rights such as the implementation of the right to vote for adolescents over 16 years of age; the right to free, quality public education at all levels; the creation of a social security system, tripartite financing, universal coverage, intergenerational solidarity and gender equity and the end of the AFP (private pension fund) system.

The left-wing organization’s project also includes the right to health and sole solidarity fund of public and universal coverage, the right to work, employment stability, guaranteed collective rights, and more.