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The Valparaíso Regional Ministerial Health Secretariat reported this Friday that fined President Sebastián Piñera at two and a half million pesos due to its controversial walk without a mask and with photos along the beach of Cachagua, in the commune of Zapallar.
La Seremi “has signed the resolution of the health summary sent to the President of the Republic, Sebastián Piñera, after the self-report presented by the President for non-compliance with the use of a mask in public space in the Zapallar commune on Saturday, December 5 “the agency reported in a statement.
The short note details that the resolution establishes “a fine of 50 UTM, which is equivalent to 2,551,450 pesos”, and as confirmed by the Presidency, in the Palacio de La Moneda, it was already paid.
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– Seremi de Salud Valparaíso Region (@SaludSsrv) December 18, 2020
Complaint, apology, self-report, complaint
The images of Piñera’s beach walk were known on December 5, through The clinic, which detailed that the President took several photographs with people who approached him. Instead, it was he who approached some lifeguards and asked for a photo of one of them, who has Down syndrome, taking it with his own cell phone.
The case generated rapid and abundant citizen criticism and from organizations such as the Medical College. Given this, the Sunday, December 6, the President apologized through Instagram, and on Monday 7 the Government confirmed that the Head of State would make a self-report for what happened.
He Ministry of Health of Valparaíso, Francisco ÁlvarezHe praised this attitude that day, since Piñera “is the first citizen to declare himself in a pandemic,” he said.
In parallel, the President is facing a complaint filed by the lawyer Luis Mariano Rendón, which is currently pending.
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