​ On Sunday, over 15.1 million Chileans are deciding whether to approve or reject the new Constitution.  If the "I Approve" option prevails, the text will replace the Constitution drafted by the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. ​

Santiago de Chile, September 4 (RHC)-- On Sunday, over 15.1 million Chileans are deciding whether to approve or reject the new Constitution.  If the "I Approve" option prevails, the text will replace the Constitution drafted by the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.  If the "I Reject" option wins, the current Constitution will remain in force.

If the latter happens, President Gabriel Boric is expected to convene a new constitutional process to comply with the mandate of the 2020 plebiscite, in which almost 80 percent of Chileans called for a constitutional change. 

At 8:00 am, President Boric and his partner voted in Punta Arenas.  Accompanied by Irina Karamanos and his relatives, Chile's President Gabriel Boric cast his vote at a school in Punta Arenas, a city in the Magallanes region where he began his political career as a senator.

"I can guarantee that our will and action will be to call for a broad national unity... either to implement the text of the new Constitution or to give continuity to the process in case the other option wins," Boric said after casting his vote.

“We are building a country in unity. Regardless of the outcome, the role that I am going to play as President of the Republic… is to find ourselves as a country and advance in justice, equality, and greater development and growth for all,” Boric added.

“This historic moment will surely remain in our memories for a long time. They are watching us from all over the world. Let us exercise our right and duty to write our history through voting responsibly, calmly, and with great joy and pride.”