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According to the 11 pm update this Sunday, the figures provided by the Servel gave the I approve (a new Constitution) a resounding triumph, with a 78.25% of the votes, In front of a 21.75% of Rejection in the constitutional plebiscite that took place today.
The victory of the first option generated reactions in the political world, both from those who were for the Approval – who celebrated the overwhelming victory – and those who promoted the Rejection, including the Chancellor Andrés Allamand, who was one of the faces of that alternative.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and former senator of RN – the position from which he promoted this option – addressed the defeat of the Rejection during the afternoon, ensuring that he does not see it as a “personal failure”.
“Today the opinions that the different authorities may have had are absolutely in the past, and as Chancellor, as I have explained, it is up to me to explain what the opinion is and the overwhelming result that the Chileans have pointed out and that is the task I am going to undertake. As foreign minister, it is up to me to explain the Chilean political process abroad. What I have said in recent weeks is that This is a process that has been constitutionally prosecuted in a democratic and participatory manner and that is extremely important for Chile’s image abroad. Personal opinions that may have existed remain in the past “, he assured.
Allamand added that “I do not feel that there is, when there has been such an important act, any personal failure, the opinions that existed are there, everyone knows them, but now we are beginning a new stage. I have already indicated which are the responsibilities that correspond to me and I am sure that the center-right will unify tomorrow, we are going to leave behind the differences and we are going to work together to be a contribution in the constitutional process that is coming ahead “he added, adding that “I expressed my opinions opportunely before being a minister, those opinions are known but today they are part of the past, the important thing is the future and the tasks we have to carry out
On the election process this Sunday, which culminated as the election with the largest number of voters since the return to democracy, the minister maintained that it was a “Absolutely exemplary act and reinforces and strengthens the image of Chile abroad.”
“During the days that preceded this plebiscite and particularly yesterday and today, the press and foreign governments were concerned about the way in which Chile was going to install this very important electoral act, and we have done it in the best possible way, in an exemplary act where violence had absolutely no role, where Chileans participated democratically both at home and abroad. Consequently, we have carried out an exemplary civic act and this is very important for Chile’s image abroad. Moving forward, what corresponds to the Foreign Ministry is to explain this process, to indicate that we have completed a first stage, which later comes the stage of the election of conventional and later the operation of the convention that will lead us to a new constitution because that It is the mandate that the Chileans have established. I insist, it is an exemplary day and an electoral process that greatly strengthens the image of Chile ”, he concluded.
