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Macri's father and brother to testify in court over alleged corruption practices
The brother and father of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri are to testify in court this week over their alleged involvement in a huge kickbacks scandal known as the “corruption notebooks” case, reports said on Monday. Read full article
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Dec 11th, 2018 - 09:15 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Booooooooooooooooooooomerang...!
The ship is taking water and people look for the boats!
Dec 12th, 2018 - 03:21 am - Link - Report abuse -1Excellent news that the net widens to include more suspects in this shameful scandal. Hopefully all the guilty ones will be exposed and prosecuted.
Dec 12th, 2018 - 03:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What goes around comes around, Macri and family!
Dec 13th, 2018 - 04:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0And all the rest!
Dec 13th, 2018 - 04:51 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Just a thought, if person A says I'll give you this business if you pay me $$$ and person B pays the $$$ they have both committed a crime, but whose crime is worse? I'd say person A, because who would prefer to pay bribes if it wasn't a necessary evil?
Dec 13th, 2018 - 07:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Person B could choose not to pay the bribe and then the business goes to person C (or D etc.) until person A gets their kickback. What are the chances of there being a long queue of persons C who would be willing to pay the bribe in Kirchner's Argentina? Very high it would seem.
Person B could even accuse person A of demanding a bribe, but they would need evidence and the police and legal system would have to follow through effectively. Again, what chance of this when person A is a Kirchner government?
So, in practice, it could have been very difficult for people to conduct business in Argentina without lubricating the wheels in this way.
Yes, the Macris have been accused of a crime but I would argue that the crime is a lesser one that the Ks who accepted those bribes. This was a normal way of doing business in Argentina. Maybe it still is, but this case shows that there will now be consequences for corruption. This has to be a positive step for Argentina.
What goes around comes around, CFK and family!
FOOLS!
Dec 18th, 2018 - 02:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Can't they just say that they are innocent? Or better, shouldn't they be on the political scenario in Brazil?
Zaphod comes back with his laborious “A plus B is not equal to C” clarifications, trying to spare Mauricio Macri and his corrupt government -- not less!
Dec 18th, 2018 - 06:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Yes, the Macris have been accused...but the crime is a lesser one that the Ks,” Zaphod laboriously argued.
Sure. I do agree that a government official who betrays the public interest deserves punishment.
In any event, it belongs to judges, acting as members of a (hopefully) neutral judiciary to establish the appropriate penalties for those found guilty.
I don't think those judges need your help, Zaphi.
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