Chileans head to polls to pick architects of new constitution

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Chileans began to vote on Saturday in a mega-election in which they will pick mayors, governors, councillors and critically, the 155 men and women who will draft the country's next constitution.

Changing the constitution was a central demand to emerge from fierce social protests that erupted over inequality and elitism in October 2019.

In the capital Santiago's eastern suburb of Las Condes, 26-year-old lawyer Aranza Escobar Riveros told Reuters Chile needed"radical change."In nearby Lo Barnechea, Javiera Espinoza, 28, a jewellery seller, said her parents were"ultra-right wing" but she had voted for a new charter in a referendum last October.

Swathes of Chile remain under strict lockdown. Health Minister Enrique Paris said the country's high vaccination rate - 49 percent of the target population has received two doses - meant voting was safe but urged people to head home straight afterwards.

 

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