Chilean justice will investigate Sebastián Piñera

Thus, the agency ruled in favor of the complaint formally filed by Luis Mariano Rendon, lawyer and environmental activist, who by means of the act accuses the Head of State of the crime of “incompatible negotiation” since “the accused had an objective interest in the matter being fully realized, both by the seller only by the buyer “.

First President Piñera has been going through convulsed days since last Sunday, when the investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) showed that he had participated in the sale of the mining company Dominga through a company of his children moved to a tax haven in the British Virgin Islands in 2010, while serving his first term.

In dialogue with the Sputnik news agency, the lawyer said that “It is essential that the known facts be thoroughly investigated and it is important that there is a complainant because the prosecution’s investigations have shown that they do not provide the necessary guarantees.”

While the anti-corruption chief of the prosecutor’s office, Marta Herrera, explained: “National Prosecutor Jorge Abbott, as of today October 8, has decided to open an ex officio criminal investigation into the events associated with what has come to be known as the ‘Pandora Papers’ and which are ultimately linked to the sale of the Dominga Mining Company, which was linked to President Piñera’s family. “

Herrera asserted that “the national prosecutor made this decision considering that at the time the background could have characteristics of the crime of corruption, with its correlate of corruption, and possible tax offenses, questions which will ultimately make all under investigation. “