Tag: plebiscite

Meeting for the plebiscite in April: what we must know about the current Constitution and why we need to change it.

Let’s prepare together for the New Constitution Campaing!

Facebook event.

Sunday, january 26th, 14:30 hrs. at De Fabriek Volkskamer. Van Ostadestraat 233, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Program

According to what is established in the Law 20,960, Chileans abroad may participate in the referendum convened in Chile by April 2020, in order to determine whether citizens agree to initiate a constitutional process to generate a new Constitution, and determine the mechanism for said process.

For now, it will not be possible to vote from abroad for the election of the so-called constituents, which is set for October 25, 2020 because that would have to be approved by an enabling bill.

How to vote abroad?

If you are Chilean and you are not registered in the Electoral Registry you can request your incorporation at the Chilean Consulate in Amsterdam. And if you were born abroad, but you are Chilean, to request your incorporation you must have lived in Chile for more than 1 year.

If you are registered in the electoral register with a Chilean address you must change you electoral address to your current one in the Netherlands on the website of the Electoral Registry SERVEL. For that you will need to have your personal electronic code (it’s like the Dutch DigiD). If you don’t have it you can obtain it at the General Consulate of Chile in Amsterdam. In that diplomatic headquarters you can also make the change of electoral address in person. To do this you must present your identity card or Chilean passport.

Address changes may be made until the enactment of the decree calling the referendum. That date does not depend on Servel, so therefore they are telling everybody to register or make the change of electoral address  during the month of November.

More information: https://www.servel.cl/solicitud-de-cambio-de-domicilio-electoral-para-chilenos-en-el-extranjero

Today we have learned that the answer the government has given to the demands the president has humbly listened are nine measures towards enforcing the Armed Forces, Military, Intelligence Agencies and civil actions (team of lawyers) to keep fighting “this war”. A war most chileans don’t recognize.

Deception, rape, horror, destruction. A disturbed life for everyone and a deep awareness whirl is happening in most of chileans nowadays. A variety of common awareness has been triggered in all citizens to even understand what kind of society we have had and which one we want. And we also get the worst of some psychopaths given extreme violence has been already reported. These are reminiscences of the civil-military dictatorship (1973-1990) getting real for the young and a vile second version for those who survived the state terror and massacre.

It is sad to count today these flagrants violations to Human Rights:

The INDH (National Institute of Human Rights) at November 6th, 12 hrs. reports:

• Legal Actions: 219.
• Persons detained: 5.012.
• People wounded in hospitals: 1.778.

And also an infamous world record: People with ocular wounds are 180 (editor’s note: had to augment this number twice in one hour to be precise). The disastrous number is followed in the world ranking by the Palestine-Israeli conflict who has had to regret so far about 150 cases in six years. We reached this outrageous record in twenty days. These events are -wickedly ironic- blind in the eye of the government and authority. The Human Rights violations, even documented and flagrant are perpetrated and ignored systematecally. Our leaders and authorities need to invest much more in resources to end the crimes of an unlawful, organized and ruthless enemy: chilean people. The president runs an administration that shows a support of 13% and rejection of 79% in the latest CADEM poll. The lowest score for a president since return of so called democracy returned to the country.

There is so much to show that only looking at how the people from the Academia responds (even before this distastrous announcement): you have reached world fame, stop getting people blind, respect Human Rights, let’s have a dialogue, let’s reason…

But… the government only has measures according to the second half of our national emblem phrase: “Por la razón o la fuerza” (By the reason or the force). Yes. We praise force, as a country, allowing the duality of one side abusing and exploting the other, and profiting from resources, consuming the decency of people in mass scale. Today everyone is a reporter and there are many more ways to overwatch Human Rights which are crimes against humanity not subject to statue of limitations.

The demands are quite clear from the citizens: a new Constitution democrately created, Plebiscite, Constituent Assembly. We see that many crave for a better country but the rotten bourgeoisie keeps trying to perpetuate the abuse and precarisation of life that most chileans get to live by.