José Antonio Kast's government has decided against proceeding with the international external audit promised during the campaign, citing fiscal resource shortages. It will instead focus on an internal review led by a strategic committee. The Subsecretaría General de la Presidencia confirmed the decision to La Tercera.
During last year's presidential campaign, José Antonio Kast's team promised a total and independent audit of the state from the first day of government. The plan involved convening the Contraloría General de la República and global auditing firms like Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG to examine ministries, subsecretaries, services, and public companies, aiming to identify overpricing and irregular contracts.
Sources from the 'Big Four' anticipated an international tender, though they voiced concerns over political implications. The Subsecretaría General de la Presidencia stated that the government will rely on internal resources due to tight public finances.
The Comité Estratégico de Auditoría y Revisión Fiscal, formed two weeks ago and chaired by subsecretaria Constanza Castillo, requested preliminary reports from public services on fiscal resource use from 2025 to March 11, 2026. The committee, including subsecretaries of the Interior and Treasury, the budget director, and a presidential cabinet representative, will mobilize over 1,000 internal auditors.
"This is a key instance that will allow us to conduct and streamline this process in an unprecedented effort where we will activate more than a thousand internal auditors to review the state of the fiscal accounts and tell Chileans transparently where every public peso was spent," said Constanza Castillo.
