The Congress of Chile Agrees on the creation of Chile’s New Constitution
Reuters

The Congress of the country of Chile has finally agreed to create Chile's new Constitution. This is the effort of the government of Chile to change the currently existing Constitution of the country. This is the effort that the government of Chile believes will be beneficial for the restoration of peace and order in the country of Chile. Peace in the country was compromised when weeks of protests had occurred throughout the country. The protests had resulted in an estimated twenty deaths.

According to a statement released by the current Senate President Jaime Quintana during a news conference in Santiago on Friday, the construction of the new Constitution of the country will probably result in a "peaceful and democratic exit to the crisis".

According to the Senate President, Chile's new Constitution will create a "true social contract" and will be "100% democratic" in comparison with the previous version. The current Constitution was implemented under the leadership of the military dictator Augusto Pinochet.

"This has become possible thanks to the citizens who have been mobilized," said Quintana.

On Thursday, big-scale demos were practiced all over Santiago to commemorate the 1st death anniversary of the indigenous youth who was shot by Chilean police.

Another casualty of police operations from the previous year was Camilo Catrillanca. Catrillanca was an activist who was shot by the police during their operation in the central part of the Araucania region. Police authorities denied the accusation of murder and stated that they had fired accidentally while specifically aiming at robbers.

The president of Chile Sebastian Pinera promised that there will be economic changes and social changes in the construction of Chile's new Constitution to address multiple issues such as an increase in pension, cheaper medical insurance, a decrease in the price of medicine, and controlling electricity prices.

President Pinera had announced last month that the electricity price hike was to be rescinded. This could have affected approximately seven million households. The reform to the currently existing Constitution is viewed by some as a little too late and that is why many of the citizens of Chile are demanding the resignation of President Pinera.

The protests were primarily sparked by the currently suspended price hike for the tickets for subways in Santiago. Before its suspension, the price hike had caused dismay and intense anger among the citizens of Chile. These people believed that they are being excluded by their country to its economic progress.

According to the OECD, one-third of the workforce of Chile is currently in the information or non-permanent works and one in two members of the nation of 18 million citizens have lower than average literacy capabilities.

There are lots of citizens of Chile who are unsatisfied over the inequalities present in their economy, living expenses, increasing national debt, and corruption in the country.

Pressures raised as police were being accused of brutality and draconian methodologies which even alerted the United Nations for the probable abuse of human rights.