My Message To Women Is: Women: We

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.

I Took A Gamble To Exercise Leadership Without Losing My Feminine Nature.

Given Political History In Chile, It Seemed To Me That There Was A Critical Task Of Consolidating A Democracy And Creating Healthy Civic-military And Political-military Relationships.

There Does Not Have To Be Trade-off Between Growth And Social Protection. A Democracy Does Not Mean Much If It Doesn't Respond To The Needs And Will Of Its People.

Chile Has Changed. The People Have Become More Mature And They Are More Conscious Of Their Rights. They Want To Participate And Have A Say About Things Such As If And Where A Power Plant Can Be Built.