GI-ESCR, civil society organisations and trade unions successfully delivered a popular initiative that seeks the new Constitution promotes universal and quality public services and tax justice as mechanisms to guarantee economic, social and cultural rights in practice.

The proposal collected 16,388 signatures, exceeding the threshold of 15,000 signatures that any popular initiative had to reach to ensure its discussion and vote in the Constitutional Convention.

GI-ESCR played a crucial role in building and mobilising a coalition of organisations and trade unions behind the proposal. The initiative sustains that public services are fundamental in facing collective challenges and meeting basic needs for a dignified life. Public services must ensure universal access, quality and adaptability to accomplish that mission. Also, they need long term funding, which implies a fair and human rights-based fiscal policy.

CONSTITUENTS BACK THE PROPOSAL

Along with the 15,000 citizens support, 12 members of the Constitutional Conventional from different constituents groups signed the proposal for normative content about ESCR rights, public services and fiscal justice.

The initiative was backed by Gaspar Domínguez (Independientes No Neutrales); Camila Zárate; Natalia Henríquez e Ivanna Olivares (Pueblo Constituyente); Aurora Delgado, Tatiana Urrutia, Giovanna Roa y Mariela Serey (Frente Amplio); Carolina Vilches y Gloria Alvarado (Movimientos Sociales Constituyentes); Malucha Pinto y María Trinidad Castillo (Colectivo Socialista).