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Chile president proposes delaying election on new constitution due to Covid
SANTIAGO, March 29, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Sunday proposed delaying elections that will choose a commission to rewrite the country’s dictatorship-era constitution, due to a surge in Covid-19 infections.
Pinera said that for “the health of all the inhabitants of Chile” he would present a proposal — which would need Congress approval — to postpone the April election until May.
Chile has been registering record numbers of coronavirus infections.
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