Veto Players and Constitutional Change: Can Pinochet's Constitution Be Unlocked?

The paper analyzes the amendment provisions of the Chilean constitution and finds them unusual in a comparative perspective. It explains their peculiarity from the historical conditions of their original adoption in 1925. It finds the amendment provisions too difficult to overcome, particularly because of the (justified) intentions of complete replacement of the existing (Pinochet) constitution. As a result, significant amendments cannot be included in the new draft, and most new provisions are likely to be of symbolic nature.