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Enabled as a health residence during the pandemic, the Alto del Sol Mejillones Hotel has housed since April 25l and for three months positive covid cases and people with close contacts. The contract had to be reviewed by the Comptroller’s Office, but until today the supervisory body has not received a copy of the document. The hotel belongs to the Korlaet group of companies and the wife of deputy José Miguel Castro (RN), Vania Korlaet, is part of a company that controls a third of the business. For this reason, the deputy sent the official letter to the Ministry of Health and the Seremi de Salud, asking if the contract to use the hotel as a sanitary residence implied any violation of the principle of probity, due to its status as legislative authority.
The same query was also directed to the authorities of the Chamber of Deputies.
The contract involves a payment for the hotel company of $ 513 million, according to the complaint made by Ciper.
On September 21, the Comptroller Jorge Bermúdez attended the Investigative Commission of the Chamber of Deputies that is investigating the “habilitation of buildings for the installation of field hospitals or for the accommodation of Covid-19 patients and, especially, the leasing of space Riesco ”. At the beginning of his presentation, he said on the topic of infrastructure leasing that “we have an audit plan that covers 100% of healthcare residences, therefore it is in all regions. That is still running; in some cases it is already finished and we intend to have a consolidated report ”.
According to the response that Bermúdez gave to a letter sent by the deputy Marcela Hernando, this case of the Alto del Sol Hotel in Mejillones will also be on the edge of the health residences.
Tremendous business they did in #Mussels with crisis of # Covid19Chile. They leased the Altos del Sol hotel as a health residence. #Antofagasta #I approve #PlebisciteSymbolicOnLine pic.twitter.com/mmWOlLi3rW
– CabroChico (@paulodelgadoi) April 26, 2020
Mejillones hotel rental as a health residence
Maritza Korlaet, manager of Alto del Sol Hotels, He stated that “in relation to the hiring of the Alto del Sol hotel, in Mejillones and the possible inspection action of the Comptroller’s Office, this is beyond the scope of our knowledge, and we understand that it focuses on the possible existence of administrative responsibilities.
The situation was already addressed on April 25 by the medium El Regionalista, which published a note revealing that the lease of the space, belonging to the Korlaet family, was carried out by the Ministry of Health, through the Seremi of the portfolio, Rossana Díaz (UDI), who personally supervised the transfer of the people together with Mayor Edgar Blanco (RN).
“The conditions under which the commercial agreement between the government authorities and the Korlaet family was finalized are unknown. Another fact that has attracted attention is the direct relationship of the deputy of the government alliance, José Miguel Castro (RN), with the Korlaet family, as he is married to Vania Korlaet, “the regionalist media said six months ago.
Regarding the investigation of the complaint related to the case, “the document has not yet been formally entered through the General Office of the Parties,” was the response of the Comptroller’s Office to the query made by Ciper Chile.
Mejillones: The controversial lease of the Hotel Alto del Sol to the Korlaet family as a sanitary residence
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