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Held the historic plebiscite on Sunday, Andrea Repetto, coordinator of Independent Non-Neutral, advocated on Tuesday to accelerate the approval of bills that allow “an even court” for people who do not participate in political parties and who wish to apply to the Constitutional Convention, the body that will be in charge of drafting the new Fundamental Charter.
“That basically means two things: that the candidatures may exist, which requires reducing the number of signatures required; Y have the same possibilities of agreeing as political parties, because it makes us more competitive, “said the economist in an interview with What Remains of the Day, of Cooperative.
“If the lists of independents multiply the number of lists, they will not have the possibility of obtaining results. If there is no possibility of agreeing that in certain places we are going to favor certain people so that they have the possibility of leaving and only what the Independent lists are divided, they will not have seats, “he said.
Repetto affirmed that the drafting of a new Fundamental Charter to replace the current text, inherited from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), is a unique opportunity to “attract and reenchant people into politics.”
“If you look at all the polls, the opinion of the public regarding the representatives in Congress and the political parties has been on the ground for a long time and that is very worrying, because we need them. We need professionals in politics who dedicate themselves to making laws, to moving forward, “he said.
However, he stated that the elaboration of the new Magna Carta “requires a very special work, they are not the usual laws, they are not the discussions of public policies that we have permanently, but rather it is a work to agree on a new relationship framework in the country “and, therefore, “It should expand the possibility for others to participate.”
For the economist, overwhelming triumph of the Constitutional Convention on the Mixed in the referendum “It is a sign that people are asking for something much more representative and open than the same as always.”
“We have to think that they are going to make rules for this other one, this is a group of people who are going to sit down to have a Convention and then leave this one, and if they are themselves making the rules for themselves, we are in trouble “, he raised.
