translated from Spanish: ENAP president resignation after Comptroller’s pronouncement

Loreto Silva announced today his resignation as chairman of the board of the National Petroleum Company (ENAP), after a ruling by the Comptroller General of the Republic on conflicts of interest.” Officials have the right to freely exercise any profession, industry, trade or trade that can be reconciled with their position in the Administration (of the State), provided that the faithful and timely performance of their official duties is not disturbed and without prejudice to the prohibitions or limitations established by law”, says the pronouncement of the Contraloría.No, adds that “the particular activities of the authorities or officials are inconsistent with the exercise of public functions (…) in the representation of a third party in civil actions deduced against a body of the State Administration”, comprising “all entities that make up it and is not limited only to the body in which it performs tasks”. It should be remembered that the comptroller was officiated by the parliamentarians Gabriel Ascencio (DC) and Leonidas Romero (RN), who questioned silva being a partner of the legal firm “Bofill, Escobar, Silva Abogados”, which has represented Hyundai Engineering & Construction – in charge of the Chacao Bridge – and the concessionaire Nuevo Pudahuel in conflicts with the State, according to information from The Cooperative.

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