Chile right-wing parties win majority in vote to draft new constitution
- Chilean right-wing parties are projected to win a majority in a vote to elect advisers to draft a new constitution, marking a shift from the progressive majority that drafted a failed first constitutional rewrite.
- The Republican Party, led by former conservative firebrand presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, leads with 35.53% of votes, while President Gabriel Boric's left-wing coalition has 28.34%. Centrist parties took the remainder of the vote.
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Chile elects right-wing parties to rewrite constitution after rejecting 'world's most progressive' charter
Moving away from a constitution that focused on social benefits, environmental rights, gender parity and indigenous rights, Chile on Sunday voted for the nation's right-wing parties to elect advisers who will draft a new constitution. This, as per Reuters, marks a sharp shift from a progressive majority that drafted a failed first constitutional rewrite. A tally of about 95.13 per cent of the ballots revealed that Chile's Republican Party, le
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