ecuadorboric and kast had softened their policy proposals in a bid to appeal to chileans left without an obvious candidate when they split the centrist vote in the first round leaving only the two antipodesboth represent parties that have never been in governmentchile is going through profound change after voting overwhelmingly last year in favor of drawing up a new constitution to replace the one enacted in the pinochet yearsthe 2020 referendum was in response to an antiinequality social uprising in 2019 that left dozens deadthe drafting process in the hands of a largely leftleaning body elected in may must yield a constitution for approval next year on the new presidents watchpresident sebastian pinera who leaves office with a low approval rating said sunday the country was living in an environment of excessive polarization confrontation disputespinera urged his successor before the result was known to never forget that he will be the president of all chileans and not just those who support himboric will be inaugurated in march next year