The Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, Carlos Montes, commissioned the Seremi de Antofagasta to verify whether La Moneda received a report regarding the million-dollar agreements signed by Democracia Viva on June 7, a week before the scandal broke out publicly.
This after the former Antofagasta Housing Seremi Carlos Contreras stated that «according to my knowledge, on June 7 of this year, the Presidency received a report that confirms an agreement between the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning and the Living Democracy Foundation; it mentions that there were no legal irregularities and regulatory».
However, Contreras did not mention the name of the official to whom the document would have arrived. «The report included information collected and analyzed for weeks, so the issue has never been a ‘rumor,’ as the head of the Second Floor of La Moneda said in his minute, Miguel Crispi«he stressed.
Meanwhile, Crispi responded through his lawyer and reaffirmed the «rumor» version.
For his part, Minister Montes declared that «I did not have any information regarding a report that came from Antofagasta to the Presidencyand if the Presidency says that is not the case, I completely believe it.»
Furthermore, he reported that «they are effectively being asked to see the Seremi files if that is there or not, has been asked to see it; The seremi (from Antofagasta Housing, Hernán Rodríguez) has just arrived, he hasn’t been here for a month yet.
Finally, the head of Minvu expressed that «This hurts me, it affects me, but I assume the problems«This is not the first time in my life that I have had to face problems and I want to help resolve this issue.»