The initiative was approved with 22 votes in favor of the 22 senators present in the chamber.
The bill will now be discussed in the House of Representatives and if approved without amendments, it will add the following provision to Article 159 of the Penal Code:
“Any public official with the legal obligation to file a sworn declaration of assets and income who, for his or her own benefit or that of third parties and during the exercise of his or her office, including up to two years after having ceased to perform his or her duties, improperly obtains through his or her function or through the illicit administration of public funds, by himself or through an intermediary, a significant and unjustified increase in assets in relation to his or her legitimate income, shall be punished with a sentence of eighteen months to six years in prison, a fine of 50 UR (fifty readjustable units) to 15,000 UR (fifteen thousand readjustable units) and disqualification of two to five years.”
