Chileans did not want to abandon Pinochec Constitution

Chilean voters rejected the recently proposed constitution in a referendum, which took place on September 4.

According to the Chiles Electoral Service, when calculating 98% of the ballots, 62% of voters rejected the offer, and 38% voted for, writes CNN.

The new Constitution would ensure complete gender equality, would add special places for representatives of the indigenous peoples and tightened environmental norms.

currently current constitution was written under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who ruled the country from 1973 to 1990.