Renovación Nacional (RN) deputies announced a fiscal oversight agenda called 'Dónde están las lucas' to clarify the state of public finances inherited from Gabriel Boric's government. They describe it as a 'fiscal catastrophe' with a 2025 structural deficit near 3.5% of GDP. It includes a special session, requests to ministries, and a possible investigative commission.
On March 21, 2026, Renovación Nacional (RN) deputies unveiled the 'Dónde están las lucas' initiative, an offensive to oversee public finances after Gabriel Boric's government ended. They accuse a 'fiscal catastrophe' with a 2025 structural deficit near 3.5% of GDP, equivalent to about US$13.200 million, exceeding committed targets, per the Consejo Fiscal Autónomo (CFA) March 2026 report noting a 2.5 percentage point deviation (-3.6% versus -1.1%). The CFA blamed 'repeated and significant errors in fiscal income projections' and insufficient corrective measures, the largest structural deficits since 2001 excluding the pandemic. Measures include a special session in the Chamber of Deputies with Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz and the CFA; requests to all ministries on budget execution, pending obligations, and risks to social benefits and subsidies; assessment of an investigative commission to summon former officials; requests in congressional committees; and penal actions if irregularities are found. RN will re-push a bill requiring ex-officials to appear before investigative commissions. Bancada chief Diego Schalper stated: 'We want the country to know the depth of the fiscal deficit inherited from President Gabriel Boric's government' and 'Chileans deserve to know where the money is'. Eduardo Durán said: 'State resources belong to all Chileans and citizens have a duty to know exactly how every peso was spent'. Andrés Celis noted: 'There is no money. That's what former President Boric left us'. An opinion column in La Tercera criticized arguments by ex-ministers Marcel, Grau, and ex-spokesperson Vallejos, stressing net debt and CFA warnings on fiscal sustainability.
