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Chile Delivers Final Constitution Draft as Skepticism Runs High

  • Ceremony caps one year of intense debate and article votes
  • Charter will be put to nationwide referendum on Sept. 4
The Constitutional Convention meets at the former Chilean National Congress in Santiago. 

The Constitutional Convention meets at the former Chilean National Congress in Santiago. 

Source: Bloomberg

Chile’s Constitutional Convention presented the final version of the charter that will be put to a referendum as a growing number of voters question the broad changes it would enact from social rights to political rules.

The institution’s leadership handed the draft to President Gabriel Boric at a closing ceremony on Monday in Santiago. On Sept. 4, Chileans will decide whether to approve the new magna carta or stick with the current document implemented during the 1973-1990 military dictatorship.