The head of the tax agency (SII) is the latest big name casualty in Chile’s political and business corruption scandal. Michel Jorratt had come under fire in recent months for not moving swiftly enough with the tax fraud and irregular campaign-financing cases that the attorney general’s office wanted to investigate. President Michelle Bachelet is desperate to regain the initiative having reacted so slowly to the scandal when it first broke and Jorratt’s departure looks designed to consolidate the sweeping cabinet changes she made on 11 May [WR-15-19].End of preview - This article contains approximately 660 words.
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