Non-Neutral Independents ( es, Independientes No Neutrales) is a loose coalition of independent candidates that was created in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
to participate in the
2021 elections
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for members of the
Constitutional Convention.
History
It was established on 25 August 2020
by a group of civil society citizens, including
AgustÃn Squella,
Benito Baranda
Benito José Baranda Ferrán (born 1 January 1959) is a Chilean psychologist who is a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention () was the constituent body of the Republic of Chile in charge of drafting a ...
, Andrea Repetto, Rodrigo Jordán, Heinrich von Baer and
Eduardo Engel
Eduardo Engel is the former president and current board member of the think tank Espacio Público and professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Chile. From 2001 to 2012 he was Professor of Economics at the Yale University. He ch ...
, with the intention of supporting the options "Approve" and "
Constitutional Convention" in the plebiscite of the same year. They expressed that "a new Constitution is needed to define the bases of an updated institutionality, with a modern chapter of duly guaranteed fundamental rights, a balanced and transparent national, regional and communal political regime, a recognition of the plurinational character of the country, a greater and effective decentralization, and a review of its constitutional justice".
After the referendum, the group began to make its list of candidates for the Constitutional Convention, led by Benito Baranda, and it also began to gather the necessary signatures to confirm its legality for the election. Among its candidates there were more than 30 people from different regions of Chile, including the journalist
Patricia Politzer and the constitutional lawyer Miriam HenrÃquez.
To facilitate the participation of independent candidates in the elections for the Constitutional Convention, the movement has requested that legal changes be made to reduce the number of signatures required to sponsor independent candidates, facilitate said sponsorship by means of a digital signature and allow the formation of agreements between independents. Its efforts include participation in
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
committees where these legislative reforms are discussed.
Composition
The group submitted lists of independent candidates in 21 of the
28 electoral districts. The names used by the Non-Neutral Independent lists varied by district:
* «Independientes por la Nueva Constitución», meaning «Independents for the New Constitution» (districts 4, 6, 10, 11, 14, 17, 22, 23, 24 y 25)
* «Independientes por una Nueva Constitución», meaning «Independents for a New Constitution» (districts 1, 7, 9, 12 y 21)
* «Independientes del
Norte Grande
The Norte Grande (''Big North'', ''Far North'', ''Great North'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. It borders Peru to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Altiplano, Bolivia and Ar ...
por una Nueva Constitución», meaning «Independents of the Great North for a New Constitution» (district 3)
* «Independientes y Movimientos Sociales del Apruebo», meaning «Independents and Social Movements of Approval» (district 8)
* «Independientes de
Ñuble por la Nueva Constitución», meaning «Independents of Ñuble for the New Constitution» (district 19)
* «Independientes del
BiobÃo por una Nueva Constitución», meaning «Independents of BiobÃo for a New Constitution» (district 20)
* «Independientes Nueva Constitución», meaning «New Constitution Independents» (district 26)
* «
Magallánicos No Neutrales» (district 28)
References
External links
Official site
{{Chilean political parties
Political parties established in 2020
Political party alliances in Chile
2020 establishments in Chile