Freedom vs Equality, but where is Fraternity?

La Tercera, Thursday, April 16, 2020

Dear Editor,
I have just finished reading the book “Thinking the Discontent: The October Crisis and the Constitutional Question” by Carlos Peña, and I am concerned about the constitutional process that will soon confront us. It is true that we are all currently focused on the pandemic that is affecting us, but once we emerge from it, we will have to address the constitutional issue. The likelihood of the approval is high, and this raises the question of how the group of citizens who will participate in drafting our constitution will be constituted. My concern lies in the level of preparation required of those who are elected regarding constitutional matters, public policies, and, above all, how to organize a society for the digital and modern times we currently face, and even more importantly, for a society that in recent years frequently shifts between a preference for freedom and equality, and does not know where and how to incorporate fraternity. What lies ahead is no joke, and it is very different to try to resemble New Zealand than to the United States of America.

Richard Kouyoumdjian Inglis
Vice President of AthenaLab