Chile opposition accuses president after Pandora report

Opposition lawmakers in Chile said Tuesday they will present a parliamentary charge that could lead to the removal of President Sebastian Pinera, whom the Pandora Papers investigation accused of having links to the sale of a mining company by his children's company.

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Chilean President Sebastian Pinera: the Pandora Papers have accused President Pinera to the sales of a mining company by his children -- Photo: AFP

2021-10-06 11:04:06

Opposition lawmakers in Chile said Tuesday they will present a parliamentary charge that could lead to the removal of President Sebastian Pinera, whom the Pandora Papers investigation accused of having links to the sale of a mining company by his children's company.

"All the opposition benches have agreed to initiate a constitutional indictment against President Sebastian Pinera," Jaime Naranjo, a deputy from the Socialist Party, told the press in Congress, flanked by other parliamentarians.

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