Siemens has been bribing Greek MPs.
What a shock!
The German tax authorities spilled the beans and now we’re still looking for who got what.
The PM comes out to say that “we” have faith in the justice system. Do we? I thought faith was required for things that did not have a physical and organising way of presenting themselves. Or am I just reading between the li(n)es here?
The Press Secretary comes out to say he does not comment on “rumours” about a minister of his government to have travelled to Germany on Siemens expenses. I really have to admit that the Press Secretary is probably the smartest guy in the cabinet, I kid you not.
An MP for the opposition party came out to say he had received a one-off payment of 1 million deutsch marks (€0.5 million) back in the day, which he transferred to his party.
The main defendant in this case, the man that used to run the “money under the table” project for Siemens in Germany, said he paid no less than €5 million a year.
From €5 million a year, we only know what happened to a one-off payment of half a million?
And this is just one company that we happenned to hear about. Imagine how much money we would be talking about if we examined all suppliers for the public sector ever!
Is there a bookmaker that would be willing to accept a wager that no-one will be found guilty for bribery?
