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Chilean President Calls
For Reinforced Fight
Against Corruption
SANTIAGO - Chilean
President Michelle
Bachelet inaugurated an
anti-corruption forum on
Thursday, urging
political actors to be
responsible for the
fight against
corruption.
"The best antidote
against corruption is to
let the daylight fill
each corner of our
public and private
activities," said
Bachelet at the forum --
The Convention of the
United Nations against
Corruption, Challenges
for its Application in
Chile.
The president affirmed
that her country has
"tuned its sensitivity
and intolerance to
corruption, favoritism,
patronage system,
discriminations and
sectarianism in the
exercise of the public
functions."
"Do we want the citizens
to trust their
institutions and
authorities or are we
going to take electoral
advantage of accusations
without bases?" she
asked.
Bachelet was apparently
referring to the
rightist parties'
criticisms of the
alleged abuse of
government's money for
her presidential
campaign in 2005.
"All Chile knows we are
in electoral period and
the political
institutions are
discredited every time,"
Bachelet said.
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