Chilean president, officials submit property report
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and several ministers presented their property and earnings report to the Comptroller Office on Thursday according to the Integrity Law.

Paulina Veloso, secretary general of th e presidency, confirmed that Bachelet had declared a salary of 5,762,690 Chilean pesos (10,500 U.S. dollars) in her report.

Six ministers and six vice ministers had also made property statements by Wednesday, the Comptroller Office said.

Among them, Economy Minister Ingrid Antonijevic Hahn is the richest official with shares in the Adin S. A. Inversiones Riesgo C.P.A company and assets worth 606,336,384 Chilean pesos (1.2 million dollars).

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle and Ricardo Lagos Escobar, the two former presidents, have also submitted property statements to the Comptroller Office for time during which they were in office.

The Integrity Law requires Chilean officials to submit property reports within 40 days of taking office. The statements will be valid for four years, and aim to guarantee that the officials carry out their duties with integrity and transparency.

The law was approved on March 22.