Sputnik News: [2] Ecuador’s Parliament has voted to investigate the Pandora Papers, which expose the alleged offshore dealings of President Guillermo Lasso. “The plenum of the National Assembly approved by 105 votes a draft resolution instructing a permanent special commission on constitutional rights, human rights, and collective rights to investigate the Pandora Papers, shell companies, and tax havens.
The report will be presented to the plenum within 30 days”, the parliament said on Twitter. On Thursday, the legislature approved a motion by lawmaker Ronny Aleaga Santos to create a transparency commission to analyse the exposé.
[3] In early October, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) unveiled the so-called Pandora Papers, a leak of more than 11.9 million financial documents shedding light on the offshore activities of over 300 prominent global political figures, including Lasso.
[4] Meanwhile, A Chilean court has opened a criminal investigation against President Sebastian Piñera in connection with the publication of documents from the “Pandora dossier” revealing his business in tax havens.
“The Seventh Guarantee Court of Santiago admits to consideration the complaint filed by lawyer Luis Rendon against Sebastian Pinera,” the court said in a statement.