Sunday 11 September 2011

AFP: African leaders gave Chirac 'briefcases of cash'

African leaders gave former French president Jacques Chirac and his prime minister Dominique de Villepin briefcases full of cash, notably to finance election campaigns, a former aide alleged on Sunday.
Lots of detail follows about who, where and how much.

A picture taken on January 17, 2007 shows then French President Jacques Chirac (R) chatting with then Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin as leaving the Hotel Marigny after the weekly ministers council. African leaders gave Chirac and Villepin briefcases full of cash, notably to finance election campaigns, a former aide alleged on Sunday.
A picture taken on January 17, 2007
shows then French President Jacques Chirac (R)
chatting with then Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin
France tolerates corruption in its leaders with a wink.  Will this change?
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