So it's okay if you fly in an oligarch's plane or spend time on a dictator's yacht?
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Antoine Yoshinaka
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Political Science
2217 Watkins Hall
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
Tel:(951)827-4688
Fax:(951)827-3933
Email: antoine.yoshinaka@ucr.edu
Website: http://politicalscience.ucr.edu/people/faculty/yoshinaka/index.html
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:46:34 -0500 (EST)
From: election-law-bounces@mailman.lls.edu (on behalf of Craig Holman <holman@aol.com>)
Subject: [EL] Oligarchs' yachts and dictators' jets
To: election-law@mailman.lls.edu
Colleagues:
Since it is Saturday, a little levity on this listserv may be
appropriate.
Over the last several years, I have been trying to impress upon the
European Commission and Parliament the potentially corrupting influence
peddling that is done by allowing Parliamentarians to receive free
travel and gifts from special interests, especially such gifts as free
travel on corporate jets.
This is what the reluctant EC has so far decided to restrict:
"EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (Feb. 11, 2011) - The European Commission has
barred top officials from taking holidays on oligarchs' yachts and
dictators' jets in a new code of conduct. But MEPs, who want more say
on the rules, point to shortfalls and loopholes."
Craig Holman, Ph.D.
Government Affairs Lobbyist
Public Citizen
215 Pennsylvania Avenue NE
Washington, D.C. 20003
TEL: (202) 454-5182
CEL: (202) 905-7413
FAX: (202) 547-7392
Holman@aol.com
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