Chile’s Proposed Constitution: 7 Key Points
A guide to what’s in the document, and what would it mean for the country, ahead of a September plebiscite.
It’s decision time for Chile’s proposed new constitution. After a year of often contentious drafting, Chile’s constitutional assembly delivered a finished draft of the charter to President Gabriel Boric in a ceremony on July 4. Attention now turns to a September 4 “exit plebiscite,” in which Chileans will vote to determine whether the charter will replace the current 1980 version, written during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The document is long and complex—running to 388 articles—leaving many Chileans and outside observers alike unclear about its contents and...
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