Chile to choose constitutional council, but apathy reigns

50 members are elected and you will only have six months to do your work. And it must do so within the margins of a dozen principles established by political parties.

With compulsory voting, millions of Chileans must elect the members of the Constitutional Council this Sunday, May 7. If you still don't know where you want to vote, you can check here, just with your RUT, all your electoral data and polling place.

Chile votes again to draft new Constitution

Over 15 million Chileans are to vote Sunday in order to form the 50-member body to draft a new Constitution with which to replace the one stemming from the Augusto Pinochet military regime after the previous project was massively turned down in a referendum in September last. Voting is mandatory and fines are imposed on those who cannot justify their omission.

After last year's failed attempt, Chileans elect this Sunday the 50 members who will form part of a body responsible for drafting a new Magna Carta

Chile nuevamente intentará enterrar la Constitución de Augusto Pinochet, redactada en 1980, en la dictadura, aunque reformada en 64 ocasiones en democracia. Más de 15,1 millones de personas están convocadas este domingo a las urnas para elegir a los 50 miembros del Consejo Constitucional que, desde el 7 de junio, deberá redactar una nueva propuesta de Carta Magna, que será plebiscitada en diciembre. Es una elección donde se juega el futuro de Ch…

This Sunday, more than 15 million citizens are called to vote compulsorily in the election of constitutional counselors in Chile. READ ALSO: A period of silence before constitutional elections will begin in Chile The process seeks to elect 50 men and women on an equal basis, who will have five months, starting in June, to draft a text that will be submitted to a plebiscite in December. The election of constitutional advisers in Chile is turning…