Medellin’s mayor, Daniel Quintero, was no stranger to political reactions after the referendum held on Sunday, September 4 in Chile, in which Chileans rejected the new constitution and said no.
According to the latest Bulletin of the Electoral Service of Chile, which corresponds to 99.90% of the counted tables, the ‘No’ received 7,878,434 votes, which is 61.87%, against 4,855,507 votes in ‘Approval’ (38.13%). This means that voters have turned their backs on the new political card. The participation of Chileans on the day was highlighted by more than 13 million votes.
At this time, there are demonstrations consisting of those who did not agree to implement a new constitution in Chile and celebrate the results of the referendum with flags and whistles.
As a result of this election day, Mayor Quintero gave reflection on what he called a “failed Chilean component” and stated that “the ruling involves a certain degree of hateful pragmatism.”
Likewise, the head of the capital of Antioquia specified that “Be in harmony with your followers, but generous with the vanquished.” Finally, Quintero commented: “A reasonable balance in which authority and independence are required first and foremost”:
Why did the same people who elected Gabriel Borek in Chile reject him to change the constitution?
According to Julio Londono Paredes, the former Colombian foreign minister, the “Achilles heel” of constitutional reform, which has not been approved, is that it is the prerogative of a few. “The new Chilean constitution was a patchwork quilt with an absolute socialist meaning and a favorite, I believe, was the Achilles’ heel, a minority group in Chile. 12 percent of the indigenous population, they were given a series of privileges that were unknown anywhere in the world.
“Apruebo” won almost exclusively among the majority of Chileans abroad, with about 100,000 registered voters. The new text, made up of 388 articles and developed within a year by a constitutional convention, enshrined the “Social Status of Rights,” in response to allegations voiced in the mass demonstrations in October 2019.
The elements that caused the most divisions in the project were the entrenchment of indigenous pluralism and the inclusion of abortion in the list of new social rights, and the right to “dignified” housing in a text with a marked environmental focus which, however, maintained a market economy model. All the polls predicted the “No” victory, but none were so easy.
Chilean President Gabriel Borek had confirmed hours earlier that whatever the outcome, he would call for “national unity” in an exercise with “more democracy” to overcome social divisions, clapping amid applause in his hometown of Punta Arenas. The rejection of Chile’s new constitution is the most severe blow to Gabriel Borek. The President of Chile was fully involved in this bet, which carried a lot of effort, controversy and symbolism.
The first thing that crossed the minds of those who listened to him was that he had the option of defeat on his mind. The second, that he would not compromise and risk him proposing constitutional reform again. The scenario of defeat was probable, according to all the polls announced. And confirmed this Sunday after the results. The arrival of President Gabriel Borek turned Chile to the left with one rudder. Borek, who belongs to the student movements, arrived as the great delusion of a section of the population. however, His administration was full of failures.
The foundational process involved many edges. The current Magna Carta was approved in 1980, when Augusto Pinochet ruled. Since then, the text has been modified more than 60 times, and currently appears signed by former President Ricardo Lagos Escobar. However, dropping it brought with it great symbolism, thus, it was said Sunday’s election was the most important since the dictatorship.
The Chilean constitution is completely different from the one established by Pinochet. But in 2019, When the social explosion took to the streetsThe protesters’ main demand was that the nation could build a new Magna Carta that did not inherit from its darkest times.
It all seemed like a honeymoon for the left in the southern country. A referendum was held in which Chileans decided that they wanted a new constitution. Then the Constitutional Convention was formed, which was mostly dominated by alternative movements, and finally, Gabriel Borek was elected president.
But along the way, something went wrong and ended with an illegal constitutional convention, with the now unpopular new Magna Carta, and Gabriel Borek with an image getting worse by the day. Today all eyes are on the left head.
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