Chile rejects new Constitution

• Recently, a referendum in Chile rejected a proposal to replace the old charter with a new progressive constitution.

• According to the result of this referendum, 61.9 percent votes were received against the proposal for the new constitution, while 38.1 percent people got support.

• The draft resolution was drafted to replace the 1980 charter, written under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

• The rejection of the referendum motion shocked President Gabriel Borich, who argued that the introduction of the new constitution would usher in a new progressive era.