At least this is reflected in the latest surveys conducted by Plaza Pública Cadem and Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP) on the work of the Constitutional Council, in charge of drawing up the proposed Constitution, which will be submitted to a referendum on December 17.

According to Cadem, 57 percent of those interviewed said they would reject the text, a figure which represents an increase of 11 points since last May.

In the second survey, carried out by CEP, 37 out of 100 respondents rated the work of the Constitutional Council as bad or very bad, the same number did not express their opinion and only 19 percent of the population endorsed it.

One of the causes of the apathy is the leadership of this process by the extreme right Republican Party, which from the beginning refused to integrate the Agreement for Chile to reach a new Constitution to replace the one in force since the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990).

In the 50-strong body, the Republican Party holds the first majority, with 22 seats, and added to the 11 seats from the right-wing Chile Vamos coalition, they can impose a veto and are free to draft the document as they wish.

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