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We Need To Have A Broad Debate So That The New Chilean Constitution Is Representative Of Everyone. I Am Convinced That It Cannot Just Be Developed By An Expert Group. First, People At All Levels Will Be Given An Opportunity To Provide Input. They Should Be Allowed To Express Their Opinions About The Kind Of Society They Would Like To Live In. That's The Kind Of Open Process I Would Like To See. The Issue At Hand Here Is Finding Unity On The Greater Rules. Afterwards, A Text Will Be Developed And Presented To Parliament.

We Need To Reform The Constitution In Chile. The Current One Was Written And Passed In 1980 During The Dictatorship. Some Changes Were Made After The Return Of Democracy, But Its Origins Remain Illegitimate. Instead Of Continuing To Make Fixes Here And There, We Need To Undertake Fundamental Changes To Our Constitution To Make It Reflect The Reality Of Our Democratic Society.

My Top Priority For 2012 Will Be To Make A Renewed Push For Women's Economic Empowerment And Political Participation.

As A Major Economic Force Worldwide, India And Indian Companies Have The Opportunity To Set The Standards In Asia In Terms Of Women's Right To Decent Work.

I Made An Effort To Ensure Social Safeguards. But Our Economy Has To Grow - And Chile, With A Population Of 17 Million, Cannot Depend Entirely On Its Domestic Market. Which Is Why The Decision To Focus On Exports, Made At The Beginning Of The Democratic Era, Was The Correct One. We Are Continuing To Do So. For A Long Time, Chile Has Been Successful In Combating Poverty. But Now We Must Focus More On Fighting Inequality.