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I'm confused in regard to the explanation below. Could anyone help me??

"We can use'could have been' to talk about possible present situations that have not happened. (Possible in Present)

eg:He could have been Prime Minister now but he got involved in a big financial scandal."
The question is, Does this sentence refer to the past or present?
Does he still have a chance to become Prime Minister? or He didn't become Prime Minister because of the scandal?

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I'm confused in regard to the explanation below. Could anyone help me??

"We can use'could have been' to talk about possible present situations that have not happened. (Possible in Present)

eg:He could have been Prime Minister now but he got involved in a big financial scandal."
 The question is, Does this sentence refer to the past or present?
Does he still have a chance to become Prime Minister? or He didn't become Prime Minister because of the scandal?
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