Chileans overwhelmingly voted against a proposed new constitution on Sunday, rejecting what would have been one of the world's most progressive charters.
  •  alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) 
    9•2 years ago

    very unfortunate to see this go down, and probably in no small part over something as simple as boric being unpopular and voters using it as a proxy vote for how much confidence they have in him. hopefully they can still salvage most of the text and pass it or amend it into the existing constitution; it’s a good document, if on the long side.

    •  vxnxnt   ( @hamborgr@feddit.de ) OP
      4•2 years ago

      I agree that it’s unfortunate to have this constitution be rejected. I hope they will be able to vote on another one in the near future that is just as progressive. Although I don’t quite understand why it was rejected, I heard that the main criticisms were that it’s too long, complex and vague while also reaching too far beyond what a constitution should do.

        •  alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) 
          4•2 years ago

          I’m not well informed on the matter, what are the odds that some things like abortion being declared a constitutional right were breaking points (sadly) ?

          given the large margin of failure, any individual part of the constitution probably can’t be singled out as what made it fail. as mentioned in my comment, i think president boric’s unpopularity is also one of the bigger factors, and there was really nothing campaigners could do about that.