SANTIAGO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - (This Dec. 12 story has been corrected to remove incorrect reference to the agreement being between the government and opposition lawmakers in the first paragraph)Chilean lawmakers on Monday announced an agreement to begin drafting a new constitution, three months after a referendum overwhelmingly rejected a progressive first text to replace a dictatorship-era charter.The agreement would see the new constitution drafted over next year by a body of 50 so-called constitutional advisors elected by direct vote, based on a preliminary draft prepared by a commission of 24 experts.read more"Today a new path has opened to progress towards a Constitution born from democracy," said pro-government socialist Senate President Alvaro Elizalde, who led the announcement late on Monday.In talks that followed the September referendum, the number of advisors, and whether they would be elected, were among the most hotly contested issues.Under this agreement, the advisors would be elected in April and the half of the experts would be appointed by parliamentary deputies and the other half by senators."