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OVER 90 per cent of Chileans who took part in a mass consultation want a new constitution, the Chilean Association of Municipalities has reported.
Over 80 per cent of the 2.5 million Chileans who took part also want the process to be led by a constitutional assembly elected for the purpose.
The move is a blow to billionaire President Sebastian Pinera, who has tried to resist demands to replace the Pinochet-era constitution that have grown since mass protests against his neoliberal policies this autumn were met with savage violence.
Chile’s Communist Party president and Chamber of Deputies member Guillermo Teillier said: “There is no way to prevent Chile from having a new constitution. This is the result of the mobilisation in which the Chilean people find themselves.”
Mr Pinera has also been stung by the decision by the Seventh Court of Guarantees to admit a complaint that he is guilty of crimes against humanity over security forces’ brutal conduct during the protests, submitted by the Mas Region party senator Alejandro Navarro.
