In a meeting held on Monday, the parties represented in Parliament agreed that drafting a new text must be done by a body elected 100 percent, of a parity nature, supported by a committee of experts, and submitted to a mandatory referendum.

However, shortly afterwards, the Independent Democratic Union, the National Renewal Party, and Evópoli, members of the opposition coalition, denied a transversal commitment to a possible constituent process and affirmed that the new convention must be mixed.

“We want to be clear: we will continue working with decision, caution, and responsibility, without calm, but without haste, to reach the agreements we need, which have not yet materialized,” the political organizations pointed out in a statement.

A poll published this week shows that 67 percent of Chileans agree to move towards a new Constitution to replace the one in force since 1980, imposed during the dictatorship.

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