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The meeting was difficult today by zoom, because Alejandro Goic’s reading of the letter from the president of the PC, Guillermo Teillier, in which he evicted the construction of a single unitary list, detracted the energy of a large part of the attendees who this January 2 They started the day with the hope of achieving the first wish of the year 2021, and that it could only materialize with the participation of all those who were for the Approval.
But despite the fact that at the beginning the spirits started low, as the meeting went on – which lasted more than two hours – the attitude changed to such a point that the opposition parties, social and independent organizations agreed to form two groups: one that will lead to the drafting of contents essentials of the New Constitution; and another who will be in charge of electoral work, that is to say, of the “architecture of the lists in the 28 districts that will be elected to the constituents”, according to the statement issued by the attendees.
“After an extensive exchange of ideas, it was unanimously resolved to continue efforts to achieve the broadest possible agreement of the supporters of the APPROVAL and to schedule a third working meeting, with an invitation to all political and social actors. and independent of the Opposition, as well as the formation of two working groups that will be in charge of developing a common basic platform of essential contents of the new constitution and; examine the architecture of the lists in the 28 districts where the constituents will be elected. These work activities will be carried out in two meetings that will take place next Monday, January 4, 2021 ”, indicates the text raised by Alejandro Goic, Luis Maira, María Eugenia Camus, Álvaro Ramis, Pedro Felipe Ramírez, Sergio Aguiló and Víctor Barrueto.
Option of two lists in exceptional cases
On the occasion it was agreed that in those regions where it is not possible to reach a single unitary list, two will be presented, but only if there is no other possible alternative. This work will be in charge of the commission that will work on the construction of the staff.
There was also a certain consensus that the only possibility of building a single list of candidates for the Constitutional Convention is for the distribution of quotas to be proportional to historical organizations, like the CUT; Civil society organizations; and between political parties.
Unlike a classic election in which the distribution is mainly between the communities, now the political parties must give up quotas in favor of the social and territorial organizations. This is because the reading reached by the majority of those attending the meeting is that the loss of prestige of the political parties would not favor the election of the largest number of constituents. And in this scenario, what had been achieved on October 25 with 78% of the approval runs the risk of disappearing in favor of Rejection without significant changes to the Fundamental Charter.
Apparently, the calls for unity by different actors achieved the required effect and, with little more than a week left for the registration of candidates for the Convention, the negotiations began to advance on the “Approval List”.
A group of social organizations participated in the meeting, including the Secretary General of the CUT, Nolberto Diaz, to the president of the ANEF, Jose Perez; to the president of the Federation of Professional Associations, Mónica Vargas, to the former president of the College of Professors Mario Aguilar placeholder image; a Jessica cayupi, of the Mapuche Women’s Network. They also attended via remote Rodrigo Jordan and Leonardo Moreno, on behalf of Non Neutral Independents.
By the political parties concurred Beatriz Sanchez (Wide Front), Catalina Perez (RD president), Alvaro Elizalde (PS helmsman), Luis Felipe Ramos (president of the Liberal Party), Heraldo Muñoz (PPD president), Carlos Maldonado (PRSD president), Fuad Chain (President of the PDC), Camilo Lagos (President PRO), Ignacia Gomez (President of the Citizens Party), Catalina Valenzuela (Humanist Party), Natalia Castillo (New Deal).
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