The List of the People

People's List
La Lista del Pueblo
National coordinatorsRafael Ferrada
Mauricio Menéndez
Leonardo Ponce
Founded13 November 2020; 4 years ago (2020-11-13)[1]
Dissolved2022
Think tankConstituent Electoral Power
IdeologyLeft-wing populism[2][3][4]
Anti-neoliberalism[5]
Anti-establishment[6]
Anti-elitism
Environmentalism[7]
Direct democracy[8]
Participatory democracy[9]
Semi-presidentialism[10]
Factions
Trotskyism[6]
Marxism[6]
Political positionLeft-wing[11] to far-left[12][13][14]
Website
lalistadelpueblo.cl

The List of the People (Spanish: La Lista del Pueblo) was a loose coalition of independent candidates that was created in Chile to participate in the 2021 elections for members of the Constitutional Convention. Despite its success in the May 2021 elections, a series of scandals made most of its members have to leave the coalition since then. In the Constitutional Convention many of its former members continue to collaborate as part of the "Pueblo Constituyente" group.

The pact intended to represent the people that protested in the Estallido social, the civil unrest that started the process to create a new constitution. Some of the policies agreed between the candidates participating in the list are the commitment to an "environmental, egalitarian and participatory state", the end to the current private pension system, rejection of the TPP-11 and "end to the exploitation of the environment".[15] The coalition was anti-establishment and anti-elitist, especially regarding the right-wing government of Sebastián Piñera and its political allies. The group had also manifested their intention to hold popular assemblies for the decisions their members will present in the Constitutional Convention.[15]

The List of the People was one of the surprises of the election, obtaining the third largest number of votes and 27 seats, surpassing even the Constituent Unity, the main centre-left alliance.[16][17][18]

  1. ^ "Lanzamiento de "La lista del pueblo"". El Ciudadano (in Spanish). 13 November 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ "La Lista del Pueblo, atrapada en su populismo: opinión de John Müller". Pauta (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Lisa Zanotti: "La Lista del Pueblo es un tentativo para canalizar el malestar, pero hay que ver hasta qué punto representa a los chilenos"". Emol. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Convención y populismo". La Tercera.
  5. ^ "Serie especial: El mapa de las listas independientes. Capítulo 1: Cómo se formó y qué piensan los integrantes de la Lista de Pueblo". Ex-Ante (in Spanish). 20 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Vuelco en Chile: los independientes controlarán el 64% de la convención constitucional". 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Quién es el profesor de derecho que asesoró a la Lista del Pueblo con su programa constitucional". Ex-Ante (in Spanish). 23 May 2021.
  8. ^ https://www.ex-ante.cl/serie-especial-el-mapa-de-las-listas-independientes-capitulo-1-como-se-formo-y-que-piensan-los-integrantes-de-la-lista-de-pueblo/ Serie especial: El mapa de las listas independientes. Capítulo 1: Cómo se formó y qué piensan los integrantes de la Lista de Pueblo
  9. ^ https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-domingo/noticia/zoom-a-los-27-las-principales-causas-de-la-sorpresiva-lista-del-pueblo/U6B5Q5HWLFEBXLIHYHEO6VPJ2E/ Zoom a los 27: las principales causas de la sorpresiva Lista del Pueblo
  10. ^ https://www.ex-ante.cl/https-www-ex-ante-cl-https-www-ex-ante-cl-quien-es-el-profesor-de-derecho-que-asesoro-a-la-lista-del-pueblo-con-su-programa-constitucional/ Quién es el profesor de derecho que asesoró a la Lista del Pueblo con su programa constitucional
  11. ^ "Lista del Pueblo, el grupo de independientes de izquierda que dio la gran sorpresa". Pauta (in Spanish).
  12. ^ "'Aunt Pikachu' Triumphs in Chile Election to Draft New Constitution". Newsweek. 17 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Chile's govt in shock loss as voters pick independents to draft constitution". Reuters. 17 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Chile empieza a escribir una nueva página de su historia con múltiples desafíos". France24 (in Spanish). 18 May 2021.
  15. ^ a b Cárdenas, Leonardo; Arriagada, María (17 May 2021). "Quiénes son y qué piensa la Lista del Pueblo". La Tercera. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  16. ^ Vargas, Francisca (17 May 2021). "¿Qué es la Lista del Pueblo que triunfó en las elecciones?". pauta (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  17. ^ "La Lista del Pueblo: La gran ganadora en la Convención Constitucional". Teletrece. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  18. ^ Basoalto, Héctor (17 May 2021). "Lista del Pueblo: La gran sorpresa de la elección de constituyentes". The Clinic. Retrieved 17 May 2021.