According to the Pulso Ciudadano survey, crime is the first issue of concern among the Chileans consulted, with 46.1% of mentions, followed by inflation (41.2%), migration (20.1%), Economy (19.7%) and drug trafficking (17.5%). The security agenda has conditioned the indices of support for President Boric, says Ex-Ante
Minister Secretary General of the Government, Giorgio Jackson, appears on the twitch platform show making harsh criticism against previous generations and governments, in a key week for the negotiations for the exit plebiscite: "Our scale of values is different," he assured, reports Ex-Ante. The analysis of the case by the political analyst Camilo Feres, here
The Cadem survey indicates that the Rechazo option would win in the exit plebiscite scheduled for next September 4. The Apruebo cut its distance to 8 points, says Biobío.
21 days before the plebiscite, the Pulso Ciudadano survey indicates that 44.3% would vote Rechazo and 33.9% would vote for Apruebo, reports CNN
CEP poll indicates most of the Mapuche people reject claiming land through violent means and 48 percent oppose to plurinationality. The study revealed that 70% of those who identified themselves as Mapuche disagreed with creating an independent state and 59% said that the use of force to claim land is never justified, reports Ex-Ante
CONSTITUTION BRIEFS
Thomas Piketty and a group of international economists issue a letter of support for the "visionary document that the Constitutional Convention has produced to ensure sustainable growth and shared prosperity for Chile," reports CNN
The think-tank, Espacio Público held an international seminar in Santiago de Chile on August 4th with sixteen experts, academics and renowned national and international leaders from Chile and abroad to discuss the background, implications and possible scenarios that will open up after the September 4th referendum. This international seminar, #HablemosDeLaConstitucion, aimed to address the constitutional process underway and its ability to resolve social conflict, as well as the changes proposed from a comparative international perspective on the proposals for a political system; plurinationality and instrumentation of social rights. Article from Shireen Morris in La Tercera
After ten days of negotiations, ruling parties reach an agreement on points to specify or reform for the eventual new Constitution. CNN reports the five main points of the agreement, which raised negative reactions from former independent conventionals, reports La Tercera
La Tercera opens the section "The constitutional explanation", where it addresses various topics present in the proposal for the New Constitution:
What does the proposed new Constitution say about presidentialism? It proposes an attenuated presidentialism, which removes some faculties from the President and empowers the National Congress. It eliminates the figure of the exclusive presidential initiative and replaces it with the laws of presidential concurrence.
What does the proposed new Constitucion say about Regional State? It establishes that Chile is a regional State. This new model of State form seeks to decentralize the country and organize it based on three territorial entities: autonomous region, autonomous commune and indigenous territorial autonomies.
What does the proposed new Constitution say about restitution of indigenous lands?The proposal indicates that the ownership of indigenous lands enjoys special protection and that the State must establish "effective legal instruments" for the restitution of the ancestral lands of the original peoples. Restitution is understood in the constitutional proposal as a "preferential mechanism repair, public utility and general interest.
Report by think tank economists and former ministers of the Concertación indicates that the proposal for the New Constitution would be detrimental in economic terms, say El Dínamo
Right-wing deputies (UDI) denounced the government at the Comptroller General of the Republic for the informative campaign of the plebiscite “Chile Vota Informado”. For their part, deputies from the right-wing RN party went to the State Defense Council to request that it become part of the investigations into a possible misuse of public resources, reports CNN
The Comptroller General of the Republic assures that the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Giorgio Jackson, did not comply with the principle of disregard during the campaign for the exit plebiscite, reports CNN. For his part, Minister Jackson assured that he has not thought about resigning from his position and says that he has the support of President Boric CNN
On Friday, August 5, the television slot began for the campaign for the exit plebiscite. The Contexto Factual media reviewed the first days of broadcast and detected false or questionable phrases and content.
Former conventional constituent of the Mapuche people, Machi Francisca Linconao, visits Temuco to participate in a “banderazo” for the Apruebo, reports Araucanía Diario
Plebiscite campaign: Revolución Democrática and Amarillos por Chile major financiers of Apruebo and Rechazo. The Servicio Electoral reports contributions of $918,374,920 for Rechazo and $247,225,253 for Apruebo, says La Tercera The NGO Derechos Digitales reviewed who is investing in advertising on Facebook and Instagram for the constitutional referendum. The result: the accounts that have invested the most money are not registered with the Servicio Electoral and, therefore, would be violating the regulations RobotLaBot
12 militants of the Democracia Cristiana meet at the house of Michelle Bachelet's former Minister of the Interior, to organize for the Rechazo, reports La Tercera
MORE CHILE NEWS
In a symbolic move, Chile will keep the names of victims of forced disappearance or detainees disappeared without presumed death on the voter rolls, reports the Servicio Electoral.
“New legislation passed by the Chilean government in May 2021 aims to rid the nation of all single-use products in the food and beverage industry, including plastics, within three years. This is the first national-level legislation in the world to implement a ban on single-use F&B products, such as those made of plastic, cardboard and other materials, as opposed to targeting single-use plastics alone,” reports Mongabay.
Jacob Sauer explores Mapuche resistance to Spanish colonialism in Americas Quarterly.
After 27 months without commercial flights, the island of Rapa Nui reopens to tourism with two flights a week La Tercera
On Monday, August 1, the minimum salary of $400,000 began to take effect in Chile. The rise corresponds to the second readjustment implemented after the government's agreement with the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, CUT, and parliamentary support, reports Biobío