The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, today called for the dialogue in the National Congress to be completed as soon as possible in order to give the country a new Magna Carta to replace the one imposed during the military dictatorship.
The process has stalled because there is no agreement between the political parties linked to the executive branch and the opposition on how to choose the body responsible for drafting the Basic Law.
The ruling coalition is demanding that all members be representatives of the different sectors of society elected by popular vote, and right-wing groups insist on giving parliament the power to directly appoint at least half of them.
The president assured this Saturday that everyone must give way to reach an agreement, but he insisted on the need to trust the criteria of the citizenry and this, he said, requires the election of all future conventionalists.
Similarly, Executive Branch spokeswoman Camila Vallejo urged that dialogue for a constitutional agreement is progressing on track and that a final proposal will be reached soon.
An article published today in the newspaper El Siglo by journalist Gonzalo Magueda insists on the need to settle the dispute as soon as possible, without forgetting the democratic principles that must guide the new constitution.
Taken from the Latin Press