Investor Presentaiton
Ministerio de Hacienda - Gobierno de Chile
Drafting process for a new constitution and political calendar
Constitutional Process Timeline*
October 25th, 2020 - National Plebiscite
Q1. Do you want a new Constitution?
Approve or Reject
Q2. What type of body should draft the new Constitution?
Mixed Constitutional Convention or Constitutional Convention
Approve
Constitutional Convention
The "approve" option reached 78% of the votes,
and the "reject" option met 22%. Also, the option of
writing a new constitution through a constitutional
convention (79%) was imposed over a mixed
convention (21%). The option chosen is
characterized by the fact that all of the members
belonging to the body that will draft the new
constitution shall be elected in April 2021.
Adjustments to the Political Calendar
Primaries for
Mayors &
Regional
Governors
Elections for
Municipalities,
Regional
Governors
and Members
of the
Constitutional
Convention
Runoff for
Regional
Governors
April 11th, 2021 - Election of Conventional Constituents
Some norms and procedures of the Convention...
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A two-thirds majority of the Convention members is
needed to approve the text of the new Constitution.
The Convention may not intervene or exercise any other
function or attribution of other organs or authorities.
The Convention dissolves after the new Constitution's
text is approved/rejected by its members, or its term
expires.
April 2022 (≤ 3 months) - Convention delivers Text
July 2022 (≤ 3 months) – Plebiscite to Ratify Const.
Do you approve the text of the New Constitution proposed by the
Convention?
Approve or Reject
Approve
Reject
Voluntary participation
✓ Same date as municipal and regional elections
Mandatory participation
✓ Simple majority
✓ The text of the New Constitution to be submitted
to a plebiscite must be in accordance with the
status of Chile as a Republic, its democratic
regime, the judicial sentences, and the
International treaties ratified by Chile.
President ratifies New Constitution.
Current Constitution
remains
29
Nov
2020
Dec
Jan
Feb
2021 Mar
11
Apr
May
9
Source: Ministry of Finance.
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