Within the framework of the report issued by the Comptroller General of the Republic, in which it warns of the existence of 58 grace pensions given to people with criminal records and convictions for violent crimes, the deputy for the Ñuble Region Felipe Camaño, questioned the Government for deliver these pensions to convicted persons.

“It is not a good sign, here the Government made a gross mistake and right in the middle of the debate to raise the pensions of Chile’s retirees, because it is not understood that while thousands of people have to live with miserable pensions, on the other hand the “Government provides pensions to people convicted of crimes (there are even people convicted of producing child pornography, drug trafficking, attacks on authority, etc.),” he explained.

The parliamentarian asked to revoke the pensions as soon as possible and that “the political responsibilities behind all this be asserted, because someone reviewed the background, someone authorized the pensions, and if no one did it this is even worse.”

“I want to make it clear, I am not once morest the existence of grace pensions, but we must be clear, criminals cannot continue to be recipients of grace pensions in Chile. And this is not the only case of irregular pensions. We even have former uniformed officers convicted of crimes once morest humanity who still receive state pensions and how do we explain this? I really hope that the government assumes responsibilities in this whole matter and the criteria for receiving State pensions are modified,” Camaño concluded.