The new Commander-in-Chief of the Army, General Javier Iturriagarefused to live in an expensive and luxurious house in Lo Curroone more of his signs before an institution deeply questioned for the embezzlement of public funds.
as reported Thirdthe head of the Army followed the line it drew on March 9 when took command of the institution in a private and simple ceremony.
The official wants to make a difference once morest four successors prosecuted for fraud, which is why it has been filled with signs of austerity and transparency. That is why he made the decision, before the Government and also his troops, not to move to live with his family group in the house of the commanders in chief, in the exclusive sector of Lo Curro, in Vitacura.
Who was known for expressing being a “happy man” and “I’m not at war with anyone”, in full social explosion, preferred to remain in his current residence, located in Américo Vespucio with Presidente Riescoin a residential complex for uniformed men.
His residence is a fiscal department that is inside a condominium and that has all the security measures that those who hold this type of position must have. Iturriaga, with this measure, marked a break with a self-imposed “tradition” from the command of Juan Emilio Cheyre, in 2002.
They were almost 20 years in which the house of Lo Currolocated inside the Military Complex, housed the highest authority of the Army.
Lo Curro’s house, Currently, it is inhabited by the former commander in chief of the Army, Ricardo Martínez. The general (R) will remain in that residence Until March 31stas explained his lawyer, Juan Carlos Manriquez a Third.
