Because in order to commit one of the crimes tied to corruption, you have to be in a position of power.
He hasn’t been for 16 years.
Because we can’t decide if it is legal or illegal
“It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer” is one of the founding principles of our justice system. This is one of the ten and we’ll just have to deal with it. We can’t make this democracy thing work without the rule of law.
I mean, more than corrupt, he is a complete scoundrel and a highly immoral person. And that is not punishable by our laws…
If we would imprison this guy for corruption half our politicians should join him. Then who’s gonna run our country?
EDIT: seems I forgot the /s.
For the same reason all the other political scoundrels on this planet are not in jail. They get the justice they can afford.
Because those who are in a position to be corrupt are also the ones who make the rules about what is or isn‘t illegal.
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For what? Being offered a position on the board of Gazprom after he had retired from politics?
Well, it may be that when in office the Kremlin had promised him that job if he did what he was told, and that would be corruption. But before he can be put in prison for it, he has to be found guilty by a court of law; and he can only be found guilty if the court is presented with enough evidence to *prove* his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
We live in a democracy. You’re not supposed to be able to put people in prison just because you don’t much like what they’re doing. It’s a really important principle: it’s what stops you from being sent to prison just because you went online to accuse a former politician of corruption. It’s what makes our countries different from Nazi Germany or Stalin’s Russia.
As things stand at the moment, he’s just some guy lobbying on behalf of his employer. He, like the rest of us, has freedom of opinion and freedom of speech. He’s no longer a politician, and he has no real power.
Now, if he’s offering bribes to Scholz, then that would be corruption. And if Scholz were to accept those bribes, he would also be fairly accused of corruption. But all that has to be *proven* before anyone can go to prison.
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Because in order to commit one of the crimes tied to corruption, you have to be in a position of power.
He hasn’t been for 16 years.
Because we can’t decide if it is legal or illegal
“It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer” is one of the founding principles of our justice system. This is one of the ten and we’ll just have to deal with it. We can’t make this democracy thing work without the rule of law.
I mean, more than corrupt, he is a complete scoundrel and a highly immoral person. And that is not punishable by our laws…
If we would imprison this guy for corruption half our politicians should join him. Then who’s gonna run our country?
EDIT: seems I forgot the /s.
For the same reason all the other political scoundrels on this planet are not in jail. They get the justice they can afford.
Because those who are in a position to be corrupt are also the ones who make the rules about what is or isn‘t illegal.
Connections
For what? Being offered a position on the board of Gazprom after he had retired from politics?
Well, it may be that when in office the Kremlin had promised him that job if he did what he was told, and that would be corruption. But before he can be put in prison for it, he has to be found guilty by a court of law; and he can only be found guilty if the court is presented with enough evidence to *prove* his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
We live in a democracy. You’re not supposed to be able to put people in prison just because you don’t much like what they’re doing. It’s a really important principle: it’s what stops you from being sent to prison just because you went online to accuse a former politician of corruption. It’s what makes our countries different from Nazi Germany or Stalin’s Russia.
As things stand at the moment, he’s just some guy lobbying on behalf of his employer. He, like the rest of us, has freedom of opinion and freedom of speech. He’s no longer a politician, and he has no real power.
Now, if he’s offering bribes to Scholz, then that would be corruption. And if Scholz were to accept those bribes, he would also be fairly accused of corruption. But all that has to be *proven* before anyone can go to prison.
Because it is only illegal to pay a current public official for misusing their office, not a former public official: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__334.html
I vote for throwing him out of the country forever.
Morality and law are two different things.
Because it’s treason.
Because it’s germany