Chile’s opposition this week moved to impeach President Sebastián Pi？era after revelations included in the Pandora Papers shed new light on his family’s business dealings.

       Pi？era, a billionaire businessman now serving his second term as president, has denied allegations of financial impropriety.

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       Lawmakers have homed in on documents detailing the 2010 sale of a mining company owned in part by Pi？era’s children. The company, Dominga, was sold for $138 million to an offshore firm controlled by the president’s close friend, Chilean businessman Carlos Alberto Délano.

       Last week, Chile’s public prosecutor announced an investigation into the deal, citing possible tax violations and bribery-related offenses. The Pandora Papers are a trove of more than 11.9 million documents exposing the secretive financial dealings of the world’s elite.

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       On Wednesday, deputy Tomas Hirsch introduced the accusation against Pi？era in the lower house of Congress — a motion known as a “constitutional accusation” that requires a two-thirds majority in both houses, including the Senate.

       Pi？era used “his office for personal business,” Hirsch said as he presented the charge.

       Gabriel Ascencio, a member of the Christian Democrats, also accused the president of exploiting his office to further his own interests “over the common good.”

       “Chile does not deserve to have a president like Pi？era,” Ascencio said Wednesday.

       The company sale was finalized nine months into Pi？era’s first term in 2010. According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which obtained the leaks, the contract included a clause that would halt the last payment if steps were taken to “irrevocably” prevent a mining project under consideration, such as an area of environmental protection.

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       Any such decision would fall under the authority of the president. According to the Pandora Papers, Pi？era and his government decided at the time not to safeguard the area.

       In recent remarks, Pi？era rejected the accusations, insisting that he “completely and totally detached” himself from “the management and administration of family businesses.”

       He said that the sale was previously examined and dismissed by courts, adding that the details of the contract were already reviewed, Reuters reported.

       Chile is holding presidential and legislative elections in November. Pi？era is not running and his second term ends in March.

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