Second Steps Forward: Senate Approves Constitutional Reform of the Political System

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The initiative seeks to reduce fragmentation in Congress, and for that reason it proposes to remove from office the deputies who renounce the militancy with which they were elected.

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Molestia caused in Humanist Action the recent approval in the Senate of the Constitutional Reform to the political system, which sets an electoral threshold, estab

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The Chamber adopted by a majority the provisions contained in the initiative, which, among other measures, provides for the loss of seats for parliamentarians who renounce the political party by which they were elected.

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The Senate finally voted to reform the political system, promoted by Chilean senators Vamos and Democratic Socialism, and sent it to the Chamber of Deputies to continue its process. Among its main measures, it proposes to establish a threshold of 5% for political parties to have access to seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and it also contemplates that the deputies who renounce the party for which they were elected lose their seat. It is a projec…