The Chilean Prosecutor’s Office opens an investigation against President Sebastián Piñera for revelations of the Pandora Papers
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Sebastian Piñera, who will leave the presidency of chili in March of next year, he faces a criminal investigation of the Prosecutor’s Office of your country for the alleged crimes of bribery, bribery and tax crimes. This occurs after the journalistic revelations of the Pandora Papers.
Last Sunday, the publication that coordinated the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Showed alleged irregularities that the president would have incurred in 2010 by selling his stake in the Minera Dominga project.
To shed light on the transaction, the Public Ministry decided to initiate the investigation. The movement contained a payment condition linked to environmental policies and was carried out in the tax haven British Virgin Islands shortly after Piñera began his first term in office (2010-2014), according to the ICIJ.
This week, a Chilean court admitted one private complaint for the same cause; the opposition in Congress prepares a impeachment that could end his removal and disabling it for public office.
Following the disclosure, the president defends itself arguing that the facts have already been tried and dismissed.
Opposing candidates to succeed him have described this as “Scoundrel” and as something “extremely serious”, As the Christian Democratic candidate Yasna Provoste asserted.
Gabriel boricFor his part, he expressed himself on his Twitter account:
Meanwhile, on the streets of downtown Santiago de Chile I know some 300 people demonstrated, which demanded the resignation of the president, in a concentration that they summoned Chilean Student Confederation (Confech) and social and environmental organizations.
And on the other side of the coin, the the ruling party has expressed support to the president.
Representatives of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), National Renewal (RN), Political Evolution (Evópoli) and the Independent Democratic Regionalist Party (PRI) they met with the president at the Palacio de la Moneda.
After their meeting, the president of RN, Francisco Chahuán, expressed the “signal of support from the coalition to the president.
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