This Monday the Constitution Commission of the Senate approved in general the reform that enables a new constitutional process. It is worth mentioning that indications may be submitted until noon tomorrow, which will be voted on Wednesday.
The constitution committee of the Senate In general, it approved the reform project that enables the new constitutional process.
The initiative was endorsed unanimously, with the votes of Matías Walker (Democrats), Luz Ebensperger (UDI), Rodrigo Galilea (RN), Alfonso de Urresti (PS) and Pedro Araya (IND).
The deadline to present indications in this work table is until tomorrow. Meanwhile, the discussion in particular will begin on Wednesday.
It is worth mentioning that the mechanism that will guarantee parity was the main point under discussion.
Along these lines, the senator and president of the commission, Matías Walker, said that “parity has to happen at the national level, it has to happen in the parties and it has to happen in each of the constituencies as well.”
“There is a discussion there about if parity is not achieved, how it is finally achieved. But I think it was a very good discussion and I think that the proposal prepared by the commission makes sense, which was explained today in the session,” said the parliamentarian.
New constituent process
On the other hand, the Minister of the Segpres, Ana Lya Uriarte, indicated that “we already have a fairly clear itinerary. Tomorrow, until 12 noon, there is a deadline to enter indications, there will be a session tomorrow afternoon in order to discuss the indications that will be voted on Wednesday.
“All this in order to try to carry out a process as agile and fast as possible, so that we can have a constituent process enabled during the year 2023,” explained the Secretary of State.
Uriarte also said that they entered “the request for immediate discussion. Having entered it, as we are in the district week, there is no room session. It has not been possible to account for this request, therefore it is now being processed with the impulse of the Constitution Commission itself.
Regarding the date to elect the constitutional advisers, the minister was asked if the Government is eventually concerned that this could come up against Mother’s Day.
“We have put it on the table, as an issue that we consider of interest to be reviewed by the Senate,” concluded Uriarte.