Following the 2021 parliamentary elections, the Dignidad Ahora coalition, and its member parties, Humanist, and Equality parties failed to meet the requirements to maintain their legal status and were therefore dissolved. After these parties regained their legal standing, none of the mayors or members of parliament elected by them rejoined, leaving them without parliamentary or mayoral representation.
After regaining their registration as political parties for 2023 Chilean constitutional referendum, the Humanist and Equality parties participated in the campaign against the proposed constitution, appearing in the electoral ballot under the name "For Chile, Vote Against" (Spanish: Por Chile vota en contra). Similarly, the People's Party, the Popular Green Alliance Party, and Progressive Homeland also registered the "Citizen Unity: Chile Against Abuses" (Spanish: Unidad ciudadana: Chile contra los abusos) campaign to support the "Against" option.[2]
The aim of the coalition party leaders, according to them, was to reach around 10% of the electoral vote, working with the criterion of reaching people who had never voted and preventing the votes from shifting to the far right.[5] But in these elections, the coalition would have received only one regional councillor and sixteen municipal councillors.
The coalition's declaration contains a fundamental critique of the economic system, aspiring to a Chile "free from exploitation, poverty, humiliation, and injustice." The text advocates for a social order where "the people and the working class, in the full exercise of their sovereignty, guide the destiny of the country." This project's ultimate goal is the achievement of a "social revolution, based on radical and participatory democracy."[8]
The coalition expresses its support for a series of social causes and movements, among which the following stand out:[8]
The struggle of the "working class to be free from capitalist exploitation and abuse."
The recovery of common natural resources.
A "popular feminist and anti-patriarchal perspective," including the guarantee of sexual and reproductive rights.
The defense of the environment, climate justice, and ecological justice.
The self-determination of Indigenous peoples.
Animal rights.
The struggle for decent housing and the right to the city.
The defense of human rights and historical memory.
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