Current constitution dating back to the dictatorship of Gen Augusto Pinochet will now stay in place after two drafts were rejected in referendums
Chileans have voted to reject a new conservative constitution to replace its current text, in a nationwide plebiscite, with the “against” option winning more than 55%.
The 1980 constitution drafted during Gen Augusto Pinochet’s bloody dictatorship will now remain in place, making the result bittersweet for Chile’s progressives and its leftwing government.
