Original sentence: According to the State Defense Council, his hidden assets could never have been acquired solely on the basis of his salary as President, Chief of the Armed Forces, and Life Senator, and this revelation has disturbed his staunch, right-wing supporters, who have faithfully stood by him for decades.Supporters of Pinochet credit him with staving off  what they saw as the beginning of communism, and for implementing Capitalist-neoliberal market policies that laid the groundwork for rapid economic growth that continued into the '90s
Edited sentence: According to the State Defense Council, his hidden assets could never have been acquired solely on the basis of his salary as President, Chief of the Armed Forces, and Life Senator.Supporters of Pinochet credit him with staving off the beginning of communism, and for implementing Capitalist-neoliberal market policies that laid the groundwork for rapid economic growth that continued into the '90s