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Weekly Report - 23 November 2023 (WR-23-47)

CHILE: Referendum campaign gets underway

Chile’s government began to distribute copies of the draft constitution on 17 November, one month before a referendum is held on whether to adopt it. The government spokesperson, Camila Vallejo, said that the left-wing administration led by President Gabriel Boric was committed to providing an “informed process”. The right-wing opposition, which controlled the constitutional council that drafted the constitution, denounced the dissemination of “fake news” by the ‘no’ camp designed to spur the public’s rejection. All of the parties allied to Boric’s government have explicitly rejected the constitution, which includes a series of conservative articles, inter alia, on abortion and the right to strike.

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