There are more than a thousand indications presented to modify the draft prepared by a commission of experts, among them some presented by the extreme right that modify the sense of the original proposal.

Among them are the prohibition of abortion in the three causes currently permitted by law: rape, serious malformation of the fetus or danger to the life of the mother.

There are also plans to reduce labor guarantees, particularly the right to strike, which would be limited to a prior agreement between workers and employers.

Filmmaker Miguel Littin, member of the Council for the Socialist Party, recently criticized the time dedicated to the presentation of the amendments, even with the participation of experts, without entering into the discussion of the same.

Finally, it was agreed to begin the debate today, Monday, and to hold the votes in each commission between August 21 and 28.

The Constitutional Council, where the ultra-right and the right wing have an absolute majority, must deliver the draft of the new constitution no later than November 7, five months after its installation, and will immediately be dissolved.

According to the established calendar, on December 17 a referendum will be held with a mandatory vote to approve or reject the text.

In case of imposing the latter option, the fundamental law imposed in 1980 by the dictatorial regime of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), where the bases of the neoliberal system are established, will remain in force for an indefinite period of time.

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