Who Drafts The New Constitution: A Popular Assembly or the National Congress?

Authors

  • Sofía Correa Sutil Universidad de Chile

Abstract

Given Chilean constitutional history, the article argues against a popular assembly to draft a new constitution. Instead, it favours representative democracy and proposes that constitutional change be channelled through the National Congress.

Keywords:

Constituent Assembly, Chilean constitutional history, 1925 Constituent Commission, constitutional reforms, National Congress