Chile chose this Sunday 51 council members who will develop a proposal for a new constitution for the country, a process that placed the far right as the first force and, unlike the previous one, was marked by less citizen interest with more null and empty votes, a variant exceeding 20%.

With 95% of the tables tested nationally, the far-right Republican Party (PR) won 22 seats on the Constitutional Council, it is followed by the official Unity for Chile list with 17 councillors, and Chile’s traditional right-wing Seguro coalition with 11 positions, in addition to an elected indigenous councilor.

Surprisingly, the centre-left Todo por Chile list, which brought together the parties of the former Concertación, He did not get a position in the editorial office, a result that, according to analysts, indicates the collapse of the Chilean political center.

These are some of the selected advisors who They will take office on June 7th. and that they would have five months to prepare a text proposal to be submitted to a plebiscite on 17 December.

— Luis Silva, Republican Party

The constitutional debate “is a process we never wanted” and “Chile does not need a new constitution” were part of the first statements made by this 44-year-old lawyer after he learned of the preliminary election results in the metropolitan area, where he appears with one of the highest voices throughout the country.

A doctor of law and an academic at the University of the Andes, an institution linked to Opus Dei, Silva positioned himself as one of the strong cards of the far right, not only in this past election, but also as a candidate in the previous trial. where he was not successful.

— Gloria Hutt, Evopoli

The president of the right-wing Evópoli party, Hutt, served as former president Sebastián Piñera’s minister of transport and communications during the social outbreak, a wave of protests that began with the spark of an increase in public transport ticket prices. She was the only former Secretary of State Piñerismo to win the seat.

“We have to look to the future, not lose sight of what people expect from us, and I think that was one of the big mistakes in the 2022 process that was overlooked and used a platform that had a clear goal with an ideological confusion,” he said, having learned the results.

– Jerko Lubetic, Social Convergence

A former member of the Christian Democracy (CD), Lubetic is currently a member of the Social Convergence (CS), the party of President Gabriel Boric.

Former minister Ricardo Lagos, a lawyer, has a history not unlike that of many leaders in the current government of President Gabriel Boric: he was the first president of the Federation of Students of the University of Chile (FECH) after its collapse in the dictatorship and coordinated a youth movement to say “No” to Pinochet.

– Alihuen Antileo, seat of the indigenous peoples

Against all odds, due to the number of votes required to reach the body, Antileo became the only representative of the original nations to win a seat on the Constitutional Council, with almost 160,000 votes in his favor, corresponding to 52.4% of the vote. local

Lawyer, Antileo is the representative of the Mapuche Political Platform (PPM) in Santiago and has a recognized leadership record. He is also a researcher and was an academic at ARCIS University.