translated from Spanish: Emilio Santelices is the government’s most indebted minister

The information was published by the second after the secretaries of state updated their heritage declaration between March and April of this year. In this sense, one of the figures that must be transparent is their liabilities. The data consolidated by InfoProbidad of Comptrollership showed that the owner of the Minsal, Emilio Santelices, has six mortgage loans and two consumer loans for a total of $1,696,260,366. The minister had declared in March $1,363,596,811, but that figure had to be rectified after a request. Santelices is followed by the Minister of Finance, Felipe Larraín, with a debt of $398,315,584, and the head of education portfolio, Marcela den, with $298.166.518. In the case of the government spokesperson, Cecilia Pérez, liabilities of $248,160,715 were recorded, but from the Ministry said that there was a mistake of typing in a mortgage credit, which according to the system reached $186,584,359 when the real figure was $127,487,536, number that was already amended. The minister has two consumer loans ($51,900,024), a mortgage and bank credit cards ($9,676,332). According to the remuneration scale of the public system, a minister receives a monthly salary of $8,792,014.

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