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Source: BBC

Chile constitution: Far-right party biggest in new assembly

8 May 2023

By Vanessa Buschschlüter
BBC News

The far-right Republican party has finished first in an election to choose the members of the body tasked with drawing up Chile's new constitution.

The Republican party won 22 out of the 51 seats, with right-wing parties winning another 11 seats.

The constitutional assembly is to come up with a new constitution to replace the one brought in during the military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet.

A draft by a previous assembly was rejected in a referendum last year.

The first assembly had been dominated by progressive members and many Chileans found their proposals too radical.

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