translated from Spanish: Independents call for easier inclusion in the convention

One of the positions that resonated most on Sunday night in command of the Apruebo is that the broad triumph they obtained was not attributed to political parties, something they hoped to translate into the constitutional convention that will work on the new Magna Carta. However, some groups fear that this will not be put into practice.
From the organization “Non-Neutral Independents” they faced difficulties in the participation of people outside the traditional politics in the lists that will apply in April for the 155 seats for the convention.
“There are quite a few stones along the way so that what people manifested (in the Plebiscite) can come true,” Said on Cooperative radio one of the movement’s coordinators, Rodrigo Jordán.
The spokesman stated that independents must gather six times as many signatures as parties to register candidates, in a 100% face-to-face process, and that they are veted from making pacts. He noted that there are legal initiatives to change some of these points, but they are enlisted in Congress and time plays against them, because in the next two months they must put the signatures together and in January hand over the lists.
“People want to be the protagonist. We are not going to allow political parties, once again, to end up dictating how things are done in Chile,” agreed Carolina Espinoza, a spokestor for Social Unity, which brings together a number of guilds and organizations.



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