Chile President Sebastian Pinera enacts a law that will allow the country to hold a referendum to change its military dictatorship-era constitution
A demonstrator throws a stone during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile, on December 21, 2019.
"This reform opens the doors and defines a path to achieve a great constitutional agreement," said Pinera in signing into law a bill approved last week by Congress. Pinera signed the enactment at the presidential palace in the company of socialist former president Ricardo Lagos, who 15 years ago introduced a number of significant constitutional reforms.
The second question refers to whether or not those tasked with the redrafting should be specifically elected by the public to do so, for example in the formation of a new constitution assembly.The government favours a committee made up half of the existing lawmakers and half by a new group elected directly by the public to draft the constitution, while the opposition prefers a committee made up entirely of specifically-elected members.
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