Sentences with phrase «seen corruption scandals»

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For the 85 - year - old pontiff, the three - day trip outside the Vatican walls was a break from the Vatileaks scandal, which has seen his butler, Paolo Gabriele, arrested on suspicion of disclosing dozens of embarrassing letters alleging corruption and nepotism at the Holy See.

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He said it was important for the sport that FIFA's image improved after it was battered by a corruption scandal that has seen 40 individuals and two sports marketing companies indicted in the U.S.

Plus, Bronx voters have seen their share of elected officials charged with bilking the taxpayers in corruption scandals (former Sen. Guy Velella comes to mind, as does NYC Councilman Larry Seabrook and ex-Sen.

The incumbent president is however seen to be fighting corruption by some government members, [134] and a fellow politician of an opposition party, [135] after ordering investigations into scandals.

Saladino has sought to portray his administration as a break from past scandals that saw Venditto and other former town officials and vendors arrested on corruption charges.

ALBANY — It has been nearly two decades since New York State lawmakers have had an increase in pay, a period that has seen two recessions, three presidents and more corruption scandals than most people can count.

Until a big scandal breaks that shows the true corruption of this system, we may not see change.

But Jay Jacobs, Nassau Democratic chairman, sees the party picking up Senate seats because President Donald Trump's unpopularity and the Nassau corruption scandals have created «a tidal wave of electoral dissatisfaction» that will give both GOP incumbents and big donors pause.

Once all - powerful Republican bloc may see its power wane as reunited Democrats highlight Trump's unpopularity and Nassau corruption scandals.

The AG declined to criticize Cuomo for failing to wrest a more significant reform deal from the Legislature, saying the governor had a «lot of things on his plate» and an unusually difficult legislative session that saw the ouster of not one, but two conference leaders as a result of corruption scandals.

This area has seen perhaps the two worst corruption scandals of Labour history - the Poulson scandal of the late 60s and early 70s, and the Donnygate affair of the 1990s, which saw at least 21 Doncaster councillors convicted of fraud and other crimes.

The session is limping to a close, after a year that's seen the resignation of both leaders of the legislature over corruption scandals, and ongoing federal probes.

As Cuomo spoke from New York City, he mentioned the need to restore «trust in government,» but did not address government ethics, despite the facts that his administration has seen a major corruption scandal in the past year and that the state Legislature has continued to see a parade of indictments.

MacShane had previously written an article for The Guardian in which he played down the expenses scandal, writing, «There will come a moment when moats and manure, bath plugs and tampons will be seen as a wonderful moment of British fiddling, but more on a Dad's Army scale than the real corruption of politics.»

One political operative said Castro's resignation is a serious blow to the legislative hopes of Dominicans, especially for the community that is still licking its wounds after the 2009 corruption scandal saw City Councilman Miguel Martinez imprisoned for five years after facing fraud charges.

Last week, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told The Post that the unfolding corruption scandal was the worst he had seen since the rampant, top - to - bottom bribery exposed by the Knapp Commission in the early 1970s.

The session limped to a close, after a year that's seen the resignation of both leaders of the legislature over corruption scandals, and ongoing federal probes.

The administration of President Mahama has seen several cases of alleged corruption, such as the SADA scandal, Gyeeda, bus branding, the payment of judgement debt to Woyome, a car gift involving the President among others.

The opposition leader said that the proposals were a «poor attempt» by the conservative government to «duck their record» on education, which he said had «seen classes grow to the largest in Europe, teachers flocking to leave the profession as pay and conditions stagnate and a raft of corruption scandals at unaccountable Tory academies that have failed to deliver the promised improvements in standards».

Simon Taylor of Global Witness, said: «This is one of the worst corruption scandals the oil industry has ever seen, and this is the biggest development so far.

Brazil, a significant contributor to production growth earlier in the year, saw its output slow as the beleaguered semi-state owned Petrobras continued to struggle with its corruption scandal and negotiate with unions and workers over strike action.