Chilean President, Gabriel Borongathered this Monday asked his hard core to analyze the scenarios that will be opened after his list came second, but far from the 20 seats needed to have veto power and weight to push for consensus in this second constituent attempt.

In this way, Chile is processing the unexpected results of constituent elections, which have turned the political scene around 180 degrees and inaugurated the far-right Republican Party as the main force in the body that will draft the second draft constitution.

“What is most needed at this point is for (the councilors) to reach the agreements the country needs, for them to succeed in establishing the constitutional norms that represent the most democratic diversity and in charting the paths that will take us into enable us to move towards a better future.” said the spokesman, Camila Vallejo, after the meeting.

“It’s important not to fall into entrenchments,” he added.

In view of the presidential election

The Republican Party, which favors the preservation of the current Magna Carta and the neoliberal model established during the dictatorship (1973-1990), won 23 of the 51 seats and won in 12 of the country’s 16 regions, including progressive strongholds such as Valparaíso.

After an adjustment of the count, the official list, consisting of Boric’s Broad Front, the Communist Party and the Socialist Party, lost a seat in favor of the far right on Monday, remaining at 16.

Chile’s traditional right-wing Vamos (bloc consisting of Renovación Nacional, UDI and Evópoli) won 11 councilors, while the Mapuche Alihuen Antileo won a seat in the seat reserved for indigenous peoples and both the center-left and the populist Partido de la People left were out.

“We will never act sectarian,” he said. Jose Antonio Closet, Republican leader and who lost to Boric in the 2021 ballot.

“One of our objectives is to prevent the radical left from continuing to install ideologies that harm the country.” added his general secretary, Ruth Hurtado, minutes later.

Rossana Castiglioni, from the University of Notre Dame (France), explained to EFE that the Republicans are “thinking long term” and that they will try to increase their electoral base by showing that they are “more moderate” than they are .

“If Republicans want to win the presidency in 2025, which is their goal, they will definitely have to moderate their proposal for a new constitution,” added Claudio Fuentes of Diego Portales University.