Political system in Chile Chile has been an independent republic since 1818. Eight years earlier, on September 18, the first government union was created, loyal to King Charles V, imprisoned by Napoleon Bonaparte. This was the starting point to obtain independence in February of eighteen hundred and eighteen. Chile is a democratic republic. every four years there are presidential elections, where nine million voters vote. A candidate with more than fifty percent of the votes is elected as president of the republic. In Chile, the vote is voluntary and in the last elections, sixty percent of the electorate voted. The system of government is presidential, called executive power. The executive branch administers all the resources of the state and prepares the lows projects to send to Congress. The congress is constituted, for two chambers. One of them is the Chamber of Deputies, and the other is the Senate. The Congress discusses the lows projects and confirm, rejects or modifies. The third state power is the power of justice, which consists of two courts, the court of appeal and the supreme court. In Chile there are freedom of political thought. There are many political parties that represent different types of thinking, socialist thought, center and right. For the moment, Chile is governed by a coalition of the right called, alliance for Chile