Former President of Chile Michelle Bacheletlanded yesterday afternoon in Santiago, local media confirmed hours after the statements were released. in favor new Constitution of his country during his visit to Peru in his capacity as United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights.
His arrival comes one and a half months after Chile voted for compulsory suffrage will it approve the Magna Carta, which began to be drawn up a year ago, or will it prefer to keep the current one inherited from the dictatorship Augusto Pinochet and partially reformed to democracy.
Support for the new Constitution
sources Socialist Partyformations, which he led in 2006-2010 and 2014-2018, confirmed that the visit of the former president was due to reasons related to his “personal agenda”and there was no official activity, according to local media.
A few hours earlier from Lima, he reaffirmed his support for the constitutional change: “I have a very clear view of what the September 4 decision should be. I’ve said it before I am for approval”.
“(The Magna Carta proposal) is not perfect, it’s closer to what I’ve always dreamed of,” a senior official said, quoting Cuban singer Pablo Milanes.
In June, Bachelet announced that she would step down as high commissioner on 31 August and confirmed her return to Chile after that date for “personal and family reasons.”
“my country needs me (…) I was not asked for anything specific, but I want to be there, Chile is going through a very important moment in its history, ”he said then.
Plebiscite
On September 4, Chileans are called to the polls to choose between the current Constitution or the new one, a process that began in 2020 as a political way to quell the massive wave of protests for equality.
In the campaign leading up to this historic vote, the right has lined up reject the new text, which they call “partisan” and “indigenous”, while the left decided to call on citizens to vote for the approval of a new law focused on expanding social rights.
For months, polls have allowed the new text to be approved as the winner, but now major polls show that citizens prefer Keep current law. (EFE)
Source: RPP
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