{"id":13463,"date":"2019-11-18T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/?p=13463"},"modified":"2019-11-18T00:00:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T00:00:23","slug":"the-agreement-for-new-constitution-from-above-is-a-trap-lets-stay-in-the-streets-until-pinera-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/the-agreement-for-new-constitution-from-above-is-a-trap-lets-stay-in-the-streets-until-pinera-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement for a New Constitution From Above is a Trap! Let\u2019s Stay in the Streets Until Pi\u00f1era Is Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The agreement for \u201cPeace and a New Constitution\u201d is a sample that \u201cthe ones below,\u201d after demonstrating for over a month and organizing in Popular Assemblies and other instances, are able to make \u201cthe ones above\u201d give in. But, so far, they have changed their speech.<\/em><\/p>\n

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By MIT \u2013 Chile<\/p>\n

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One thing is to know \u201cthe ones above\u201d were forced to change their speech, and a different thing is to believe their lie. With today\u2019s major protest, we showed we will not swallow their scam. We do not believe their proposal will solve our demands, nor that it will be a Constitution in our favor! We want Pi\u00f1era out now!<\/p>\n

The agreement signed by the traditional parties, in addition to being a trap, is a hypocrisy to which part of the Broad Front added (the RD, the Liberal Party, the Communes, and Gabriel Boric, from Social Convergence), showing their true sellout nature, subjected to these institutions and the big bosses\u2019 parties.<\/p>\n

We cannot trust this measure while the same ones that pillaged our country for decades and to which we fight against in this revolution happily salute the agreement: Luksic, the Industry and Trade Confederation (CPC in Spanish), among other pro-business guilds.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go point by point:<\/p>\n

This \u201cPeace Agreement\u201d does not consider the main demand raised by over a million people in the streets: Out with Pi\u00f1era! No change will be effective without taking Pi\u00f1era down! The streets cry \u201cdown with all of them!\u201d<\/p>\n

They call for a commitment with \u201cre-establishing peace and public order in Chile, and full respect of human rights and the democratic institutions\u201d one day after the General of carabineros<\/em>, Rozas, announced he will not dismiss any police officer for violating human rights: no justice for the ones murdered, tortured, and people sexually abused by the repression forces. Furthermore, when the main politically responsible one for this repression, and representative of the bosses that robbed us year after year, is still President. Sectors of the Armed Forces celebrate an agreement with the party of this thief and murderer!<\/p>\n

The fact that they propose a Constituent or Constitutional Convention shows that only the permanent mobilization allowed us to move forward in crushing their speech, but this cannot make us fall into their trap: they are handing over their rings so they do not lose their fingers.<\/p>\n

It is an agreement created by the same parties of always, behind closed doors where they align their interests. They yield a bit to pretend something is changing, but the problems that really affect us remain intact.<\/p>\n

First, they propose a referendum only for April next year, to consult on: a) what do you want with the new Constitution<\/em>? (to approve or reject); b) what type of body should write the new Constitution? A Mixed Convention <\/em>(half parliamentarians and half \u201ccitizens\u201d) or a Constitutional Convention <\/em>(100% citizens)? A referendum whose response has been clearly given by the streets for almost a month: down with the \u201880s Constitution, now<\/em>! In this revolution, we are asking for a new Constitution, but we do not want the same ones of always to keep ruling us. So, before anything else, we want Pi\u00f1era down! We want them all down! In other words, we do not want a Mixed Convention.<\/p>\n

They are trying to erase the demand of Constituent Assembly of the ones below, free and sovereign, with their \u201cConstitutional Convention\u201d solution. And, even worst, the referendum, best case scenario, would approve such Convention, but its members would be elected in October 2020, together with the regional and municipal elections\u2026 and using the same electoral system through which we choose the deputies! So basically, the ones to write the new Constitution will be elected under the same rules of their election, which are disgustingly financed and manipulated by businessmen. Nothing deeply in favor of workers can actually come out of this.<\/p>\n

We know that this dynamic of election of the members of the Convention is a trap. Furthermore, they set a quorum of 2\/3 to pass any change. A real high proportion that can be used by the parties that are defenders of the \u201880s Constitution in their own favor.<\/p>\n

They put a hold to social and trade-union leaders to participate of the process, with the clause that states that \u201cPeople currently in public seats, elected popularly, will resign those seats at the moment their candidature to electorally serve the Constituent body is accepted<\/em>.\u201d Like this, they separate the leaders from the rank and file \u2013 or, in other words, they avoid for the rank and file to mandate the elected ones serving their demands from the beginning.<\/p>\n

After writing the alleged new Constitution, the same ones of always will still be in power: parliamentarians, president, ministers, etc.<\/p>\n

Although the Communist Party was not part of this Agreement in the beginning, because they believed a 2\/3 quorum was high, now they acknowledged the Agreement signature and manifested to be satisfied, \u201cas it will serve to reach agreements in favor of all parts.<\/em>\u201d This also means to mount on a process that seeks to wrap-up the struggle of the Chilean working people. A process with a pretty pretentious call but that is filled with traps so they can actually keep things the way they are now.<\/p>\n

With this, the CP and the FA (Broad Front) are taking the role of the former Concertation in the agreed transition process, post-dictatorship. They walk towards a 2.0 agreed transition. They\u2019re only missing the say \u201cjoy is coming<\/em>.\u201d1<\/sup> We cannot negotiate anything with this Constitution and government!<\/p>\n

Sectors of the Social Unity Roundtable (MUS,) among them port workers and teachers, criticized the agreement and called for a Constituent Assembly. It is alright to criticize the agreement, but we cannot withdraw with the demand of Out with Pi\u00f1era<\/em>. The MUS and unions must re-embrace the demand that came from the streets: Out with Pi\u00f1era!<\/p>\n

On the other extreme, the ultra-right wing Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast criticized the agreement stating that he will campaign for the NO to the change of the dictatorship\u2019s Constitution, standing \u201cfor the defense of a Constitutional system that allowed Chile to achieve peace and prosperity.\u201d <\/em>But the Chilean working people know that such peace and prosperity existed only for the powerful ones, while we live with hunger pensions and wages, indebted up to our necks and suffering scams by the multistores<\/em>.2<\/sup> Thus, we say to Kast that, before his campaign on the NO, we will continue to carry out a campaign for the Out with Pi\u00f1era<\/em>. A campaign to take everyone out and to take this dictatorial Constitution down!<\/p>\n

From the MIT, we defend a Constituent Assembly called and organized by Popular Assemblies<\/strong><\/p>\n

No proposal for Constituent can materialize the changes we want without taking Pi\u00f1era and this Congress down. They pretend to be changing something to keep everything the same. The only way to guarantee a Constituent Assembly or measures that respond fully to the workers\u2019 needs is if we take Pi\u00f1era down, together with this parliament and pro-bosses institutions, ending up with everything that the Dictatorship left.<\/p>\n

For it to be a Free and Sovereign Assembly, it needs to be called and controlled by Popular Assemblies, with workers\u2019 democracy mechanisms, in which the working people and youth rule and decide. We do not want a 4-representative staff to define our lives inside four closed walls. We are done with that! The ones below have the right to decide, under our own democratic methods!<\/p>\n

The Constituent Assembly should pose the following measures:<\/p>\n