Persons with disabilities in the electoral process of conventional constituents in Chile: Lessons learned

Abstract

This monograph explains the role of persons with disabilities in the electoral process for the election of Constituent Assembly members in Chile in 2021. It presents the main arguments of the civil society of persons with disabilities to achieve the adoption of the constitutional amendment that established quotas of at least 5% for per-sons with disabilities in the lists of political parties and in the electoral lists of political party pacts. In addition, we propose that readers learn the results of the application of these quotas in the lists, which will lead to the lessons learned for the future of Chilean elections regarding two issues: to contemplate permanently for elections to the National Congress the quotas for persons with disabilities in the lists of parties and electoral pacts of parties; and that in the application of the gender parity system, affirmative action measures are applied to achieve a fair parity without exclusions that imply a setback in the political rights of a traditionally under protected sector.