Socialist Party of Chile Socialist Party of Chile The Socialist Party of Chile (, or PS) is a political party within the centre-left Nueva Mayoría. Its historic leader was President of Chile Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a coup d'état by General Pinochet in 1973. Twenty-seven years later, Ricardo Lagos Escobar represented the Socialist Party in the 1999 presidential elections. He won 48.0% in the first round of voting and was elected with 51.3% in the second round. In the legislative elections on 16 December 2001, as part of the Coalition of Parties for Democracy, the party won 10 out of 117 seats
Constitutional Court of Chile three years, and can not be re-elected. The Constitutional Court can work as a United Court ("Pleno") or divided in two Chambers ("Salas"). In the event a quorum is below the legally required, deputy ministers ("ministros suplentes"), or substitute attorneys ("abogados integrantes") are designated. The court's president has the power to break a tie. Constitutional Court of Chile The Constitutional Court of Chile ("Tribunal Constitucional de Chile" in Spanish) is Chile's constitutional tribunal. It is not part of the judicial branch and is functionally independent of the Congress and the President. The Constitutional Court was created in 1970, under the