Several deputies took the floor in the 28 September 2021 session of the Chamber of Deputies to argue that the exonerations of vehicles they receive are nothing compared to the billions in tax exemptions the government allows private business.
Deputies Aquilino Serrata, Tobías Crespo and Julito Fulcar argued that sectors seek to discredit the representatives of the National Congress with the issue of the exonerations of motor vehicles.
The deputies reacted to an extensive report, published on 27 September 2021 in Diario Libre, by journalist Mariela Mejía, “Exoneration of vehicles to legislators: a costly privilege that became a business.” The journalist used data from the Customs Agency to reveal that hundreds of luxury vehicles have been imported in the names of legislators over the years.
For instance, of those speaking up, Aquilino Serrata (People’s Force) has...
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