Chile · Politics

Key Facts

—The idea Figures around President Jose Antonio Kast floated a national vote if the Senate sinks his security reform (Emol and El Dinamo, 20 August).

—The denial Interior Minister Claudio Alvarado said the same day that the government ‘has not thought about, and is not thinking about, a plebiscite.’

—The law Article 128 allows a public vote only after Congress passes a reform and then overrides a presidential veto by two thirds.