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Constitutional Convention Convención Constitucional | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | July 4, 2021 |
| Disbanded | July 4, 2022 |
| Leadership | |
President | |
Vice-President | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 155 conventional constituents Two-thirds for control (104) |
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Political groups | Pueblo Constituyente Colectivo Socialista Movimientos Sociales Constituyentes Apruebo Dignidad: Chile Digno Colectivo del Apruebo Independientes |
| Authority | Chapter XV of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980 |
| Elections | |
| Open list proportional representation (D'Hondt method) with gender parity and 17 seats reserved for indigenous peoples | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Former National Congress Building, venue of the plenary sessions. | |
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| Pereira Palace, offices and administration. | |
| Website | |
| https://www.chileconvencion.cl/ | |
The Constitutional Convention (Spanish: Convención Constitucional) was the constituent body of the Republic of Chile in charge of drafting a new Political Constitution of the Republic after the approval of the national plebiscite held in October 2020.[1] Its creation and regulation were carried out through Law No. 21,200, published on 24 December 2019, which amended the Political Constitution of the Republic to include the process of drafting a new constitution.[2] The body met for the first time on 4 July 2021. Chilean President Sebastian Piñera said, "This Constitutional Convention must, within a period of 9 months, extendable for an additional 3 months, draft and approve a new constitution for Chile, which must be ratified by the citizens through a plebiscite."[3] It ended its functions and declared itself dissolved on 4 July 2022.
The proposed constitution, which had faced "intense criticism that it was too long, too left-leaning and too radical",[4] was rejected by a margin of 62% to 38% in the 2022 Chilean national plebiscite.[5][6]
- ^ "Constitución Política de la República de Chile". LeyChile (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Diario Oficial publicó reforma a la Constitución que da inicio al proceso constituyente". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 24 December 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Presidente Piñera convoca para el 4 de julio la primera sesión de la Convención Constitucional: Fecha coincidirá con los 210 años de la instalación del Primer Congreso Nacional". La Tercera (in Spanish). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ Schmidt, Samantha (4 September 2022). "Chilean voters decisively reject leftist constitution". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "Plebiscito: Chile rechaza propuesta de nueva Constitución con histórica participación de más de 12 millones de personas". La Tercera. 4 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Chile votes overwhelmingly to reject new, progressive constitution". The Guardian. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.