There is a growing clamour in Chile for the resignation of the country’s President after the Pandora papers brought to light President Sebastian Pinera’s dishonesty and corruption.
A blue envelope was delivered at the President’s official residence – the Presidential Palace building. In Chilean culture, a blue envelope is what is traditionally given to employees who are being cut from their jobs.
The President of Chile’s Humanist Party, Catalina Valenzuela, signed the envelope prior to delivering it personally to the front office inside the presidential palace building.
Earlier in the week leaked documents pertaining to the Pandora Papers revealed that Piñera, one of Chile’s wealthiest men, used offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands for dealings involving the Dominga mining project, which his family co-owned in part with a friend.
The final payment on the mine’s sale in 2011 hinged on the government declining to declare its location in north-central Chile a protected natural reserve, according to the report.
However, Pinera has denied claims made in the Pandora Papers and say he is innocent and free of guilt, and has clearly rejected relationship with the Dominiga mining sale.
The Pandora Papers investigation reveals how the rich and powerful have been hiding their investments and other assets.
“He promised not to rob us, not to rob the Chileans and we have seen how much during his first term and now his second terms he has filled his pocket with everyone’s money,” said Barbara Bustos, a member of the Humanist Party protesting Pinera.
