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Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Slovak central bank chief Kazimir should not get another term, prime minister says
(Reuters) - Slovak central bank governor and European Central Bank policymaker Peter Kazimir is not the right candidate to get another six-year term and the country's main ruling party will not back him, Prime Minister Robert Fico said. Kazimir was finance minister for Fico's SMER-SSD party in 2012-2019 but was close to Peter Pellegrini, who led a group that split away to form a new party called Hlas-SD in 2020. The two parties came together to form a government in 2023, but Fico has been at odds with Kazimir due to the party split. Kazimir, who's term as central bank governor expired on Sunday, was sentenced on Thursday to a 200,000 euro ($226,940) fine for bribery. The central bank chief, who has denied wrongdoing, has rejected the verdict and said he would appeal to a higher court. Fico, speaking at a news conference on Sunday, said he had labelled Kazimir as a "political traitor" because of his disloyalty to the SMER-SSD party not because of his conviction in the bribery case. Fico said he respected the right of coalition partner Hlas-SD to nominate the governor, under their coalition agreements. "I think that we have the right as a party (SMER-SSD) that will be important in the vote, to say if this person suits it or not," Fico said. "And we have a number of principal reasons that make us say that Peter Kazimir is not the right candidate for NBS governor. Hlas-SD must come up with someone else," he said. Slovak central bank chiefs are nominated by the government, approved by parliament and appointed by the president. Fico has criticised the judge over the Kazimir bribery ruling. The court has declined to comment. Under Slovak law, Kazimir can remain a governor unless there is a final conviction of a crime. He also stays in his post past the end of his term until a new governor is appointed. Kazimir has not said publicly if he was seeking a second term. ($1 = 0.8813 euros)
Reuters
4 hours ago
- Business
- Reuters
Slovak central bank chief Kazimir should not get another term, prime minister says
June 1 (Reuters) - Slovak central bank governor and European Central Bank policymaker Peter Kazimir is not the right candidate to get another six-year term and the country's main ruling party will not back him, Prime Minister Robert Fico said. Kazimir was finance minister for Fico's SMER-SSD party in 2012-2019 but was close to Peter Pellegrini, who led a group that split away to form a new party called Hlas-SD in 2020. The two parties came together to form a government in 2023, but Fico has been at odds with Kazimir due to the party split. Kazimir, who's term as central bank governor expired on Sunday, was sentenced on Thursday to a 200,000 euro ($226,940) fine for bribery. The central bank chief, who has denied wrongdoing, has rejected the verdict and said he would appeal to a higher court. Fico, speaking at a news conference on Sunday, said he had labelled Kazimir as a "political traitor" because of his disloyalty to the SMER-SSD party not because of his conviction in the bribery case. Fico said he respected the right of coalition partner Hlas-SD to nominate the governor, under their coalition agreements. "I think that we have the right as a party (SMER-SSD) that will be important in the vote, to say if this person suits it or not," Fico said. "And we have a number of principal reasons that make us say that Peter Kazimir is not the right candidate for NBS governor. Hlas-SD must come up with someone else," he said. Slovak central bank chiefs are nominated by the government, approved by parliament and appointed by the president. Fico has criticised the judge over the Kazimir bribery ruling. The court has declined to comment. Under Slovak law, Kazimir can remain a governor unless there is a final conviction of a crime. He also stays in his post past the end of his term until a new governor is appointed. Kazimir has not said publicly if he was seeking a second term. ($1 = 0.8813 euros)
Washington Post
a day ago
- General
- Washington Post
‘No MAGA left behind': The trouble with Trump's pardons
A jury convicted Scott Jenkins, the disgraced ex-sheriff of Culpeper County in Virginia, of taking more than $75,000 in bribes in exchange for deputizing rich businessmen so they could get out of speeding tickets and carry guns without permits. Two undercover FBI agents who gave him envelopes of cash after he gave them badges testified at his trial. Luckily for Jenkins, he has long been an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump. On Monday, the day before he was due to report for his 10-year prison sentence, Trump pardoned him.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Prosecutors calling for 12.5 years of prison, $1.5M fine for Mike Madigan
CHICAGO - Federal prosecutors are recommending a 12½-year prison sentence and a $1.5 million fine for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in his corruption case. The Brief Federal prosecutors are recommending a 12½-year prison sentence and a $1.5 million fine for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in his corruption case. Prosecutors cited Madigan's "obstructive conduct and lying on the witness stand" as factors supporting the proposed sentence. Sentencing is scheduled for two weeks from Friday. What we know In pre-sentencing documents filed this week, prosecutors cited Madigan's "obstructive conduct and lying on the witness stand" as factors supporting the proposed sentence. Madigan, 83, was convicted in February on charges including bribery and conspiracy. What's next Sentencing is scheduled for June 13.
Yahoo
a day ago
- General
- Yahoo
Ex-State Sen. Philip Moran and embattled son arrested, charged with bribery
Former state senator Philip Moran and his son Alan have each been arrested and charged with orchestrating a scheme to cover up a crime. A grand jury indicted Philip Moran, 64, and Alan Moran, 37, each on one count of bribery of a witness and one count of conspiracy. The arrests come six months after police arrested two teens for bribing a witness in a stalking case against Alan Moran, a former Diamondhead councilman. The teens were acting at the direction of the Morans, police say. Waveland police worked with FBI agents to identify the Morans as being involved in an offer to pay $20,000 to a teen employee at Lowe's to drop his stalking case against Alan Moran. The Morans allegedly recruited the teens, identified as Jeremy Cole Billings of Diamondhead, and Ian Schexnayder, of Pearlington, to offer the money to the teen Moran had been stalking. The arrests come one week before Alan Moran's June 6 scheduled release from the Hancock County jail. Alan Moran has been serving a sentence for violating his probation in another case as a result of his stalking arrest. That case is related to his misdemeanor conviction of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for buying beer for a teen on Valentine's Day in 2022. In the same case, he was convicted of child exploitation for enticing a teen to come to him for sex. Attorney Donald Rafferty, who is representing Alan Moran, said Friday that his client is innocent and 'looks forward to our day in court.' Attorney H. H. Tracy Klein in Hattiesburg is representing Philip Moran. Philip Moran's total bond on the charges is $35,000.
