The Constitution Committee of the Chilean Senate has unanimously approved the bill that enables the opening of a new constituent process in the country, following the rejection in September of the previous constitutional proposal by a large majority of the population.
Specifically, the five senators that make up this commission have approved the reform within the framework of the ‘Agreement for Chile’ to install a Constitutional Council of 50 representatives voted directly by Chileans and 24 experts appointed by the National Congress, reported ‘Bio Bio Chile’.
This council will have the sole purpose of discussing and approving a proposed text of a new Constitution, and will be dissolved once the task entrusted to it has been accomplished. The proposed constitutional norms will be approved by three-fifths of the councilors in office, and the final proposal will be submitted to referendum.
The council will be composed of supernumerary indigenous seats, assigned according to the percentage of effective vote in the election, as explained by the Senate in a press release.
Now, this reform approved by the Senate committee must pass the scrutiny of the plenary of both chambers, where it must obtain at least an absolute majority.
The Senate itself expects the bill to be sent to the chamber no later than Monday so that it can be voted on Wednesday, at the latest, in the Senate, as reported by the Chilean newspaper ‘La Nación’.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
