• Analysis Euphoria on the left in Latin America after the political change in Chile

After months of contained tension, the streets and violence returned to the fore in the Chilean political process, which was to experience a milestone this Sunday with the launch of the

Constituent Assembly.

The disturbances of very minority groups in the streets of Santiago, the capital of the country, slowed down the process of swearing in and constituting the assembly.

The groups of protesters were small, but enough to change the course of a day in which Chile intends to begin to sanction a new Constitution to replace that of the

Augusto Pinochet

dictatorship

.

A group of constituents, activists in the social protests that began in October 2019, interrupted the ceremony

accusing "repression" of the police

who were confronting a minority group of people outside the old Santiago Congress, headquarters of the convention.

"We want to have a democracy party and not a problem, we are going to suspend the session for a few minutes," said the provisional president of the Assembly,

Carmen Gloria Valladares.

The minutes turned into two hours, while a group of the 155 constituents took to the streets to demand that the special forces withdraw from that area of ​​the center of the capital.

"Do not tell me anything about the stones, because it is a way to defend yourself.

The dictatorship did not end, the dictatorship is just around the corner!"

Elsa Labraña

, a conventional left-wing People's List

, assured the media

.

Teresa Marinovic

, from the right-wing group Chile Vamos, saw things in a diametrically opposite way:

"This is a completely staged show to victimize oneself

.

"

Marcela Cubillos,

from the same group

,

agreed with her

: "We ask respect for the 155 members of the convention. It is not a Republican signal that the start of the constituent convention takes more than two hours.

For us it is essential that the convention begins in date.

There is a decree of the president. This convention cannot be self-convened. "

After noon, Valladares announced that the Constituent Assembly would continue its course: "There are no detainees, there are no injured, consequently, in five minutes we will start the solemn hearing."

A constitutionalist highlighted to Channel 13 of Chile the importance of the constituents who left the session returning to their seats: "If the inauguration does not take place today, they will not be part of the Constituent Assembly. That is why it is so important that all conventional constituents be present today at the inauguration ceremony. "

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