Chile’s Pinera Survives Impeachment Motion on Pandora Papers
- Impeachment backed by fewer than 29 senators needed to pass
- Accusation tied to sale of stake in controversial mine project
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Chile’s billionaire President Sebastian Pinera dodged an impeachment motion brought after the Pandora Papers revealed a potential conflict of interest in his family’s sale of a mining project stake.
The senate’s support for the motion reached 24 votes on Tuesday, short of the two-thirds -- or 29 votes -- needed to impeach a head of state. The move clears the way for Pinera to finish his term, which ends in March.