These French politicians……..
A special French court yesterday charged Charles Pasqua, the senator at the centre of Iraqi bribery allegations, with offences in three cases of alleged corruption while he served as Interior Minister.
The move against M Pasqua, 77, although unconnected with Iraq, embarrassed Paris as it sought to pour scorn on American allegations that he and other senior French politicians, businessmen and officials had received millions of pounds in a campaign orchestrated by the regime of Saddam Hussein to influence France.The court appearance by M Pasqua, 77, a longtime associate of President Chirac and a senior Gaullist party figure until the mid-1990s, involved the granting of a casino licence and hundreds of thousands of pounds of alleged illicit payments from businesses.
The court appearance by M Pasqua, 77, a longtime associate of President Chirac and a senior Gaullist party figure until the mid-1990s, involved the granting of a casino licence and hundreds of thousands of pounds of alleged illicit payments from businesses. […]
The colourful, Mediterranean politician was elected only two weeks ago to the upper parliamentary house for the Hauts-de-Seine département on the western side of Paris.
The seat offers him immunity as investigating judges seek to prosecute him over half a dozen cases, including alleged arms sales to Angola and illicit funding from the Middle East and Africa of his political campaigns.
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