Explaining the Diverse Configuration of the Constitutional Convention in Chile
Keywords:
legislative behavior, constituent process, gender parity, indigenous people, ChileAbstract
One of the distinctive features of the Chilean Constituent process (2020-2022) was the sociopolitical diversity of the elected Convention. Such diversity was the result of a Congressional bargaining process that included rules concerning gender parity, easing rules to allow independents to compete, permitting reserved seats for indigenous people and to include quotas for people with disabilities. Using a qualitative method, we study legislators’ motivations to generate a more representative body. We demystify that the legislative debate was driven by the normative commitment of having a more plural Convention as the political rationally behinds these decisions considered the potential electoral benefits of including such rules.
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