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April 2763
Announcement from the Government of the Democratic Republic of Aloria
This press message was released by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Aloria. The Democratic Republic of Aloria is undergoing the largest corruption scandal in her history. Three ministers being accused of bribery, 2 of them resigned their current offices, many leading figures of the Centre Democratic party (the largest party for decades now in Aloria) and even the current President are all accused of taking millions of bribes while agreeing a business deal of the purchase of military subamarines. This bribery scandal could even been one of the largest in Terran history....
The investigation into the purchase was started by the investigative team looking into the mysterious dead of Albert Conrad, the late leader of the Centre Democrats - the leading party in Aloria, when it turned out that Conrad had knowledge about a bribery which took place some years ago during the administration of President Paul Reagan.
Investigations resulted in the fact that Conrad was killed in order of Neptune Inc, a Kirlawan submarine manufacturer. According to the official investigation results, Conrad was poisoned for "knowing too much".
Rumor has it that Neptune had paid the Centre Democratic party, who were then the office holders of the Ministeries of Defence, Finance and Foreign Affairs, for getting the contract for submarines for the Alorian army. Neptune probarly bribed various office holders and leading members of the Centre Democrats.
In January 2763, journalists and investigators found out that there was indeed bribery involved in the purchase of the Neptune submarines, now almost 7 years ago. The Alorian government purchased 6 ballistic missile submarines from the Neptune N-109 class, worth 452,000,000 ALO each. The order was contracted in June 2755 by the Minister of Defense (which was at that time Centre Democrat John Carter), the submarines were delivered to Aloria between June 2757 and January 2758.
Former Centre Democratic ministers John Carter (Defense Minister), Jackson Brown (Foreign Minister), Robert Reagan (Finance Minister) and former CD-leader Wilson McKinley (from 2747-2756) are all charged for being involved in the bribery scandal.
John Carter was Minister of Defense when Aloria agreed to purchase 6 submarines for the Alorian army from Neptune, an Kirlawanmanufacturer in the mid-2750's.
In March 2763, Brown (who is currently Minister of Defense, but was Minister of Foreign Affairs at that time) resigend his office.
In April 2763, Finance Minister Robert Reagan also resigend.
President Benigno Arroyo, who is President since 2759, was leader of the Centre Democrats from 2756-2759. Although he became leader after the bribery (which took place a year before his leadership), he still was a MP in tat time and insiders say that he knew about the bribery. State prosecutors now want to question him about what he knew of a reported 250 million ALO "gift" Neptune made to the Centre Democrats in 2755, after the Kirlawan company sold the submarines to Aloria for 485 billion each.
The President has not been accused of any wrongdoing. But conflicting statements in which he first denied any knowledge of the payments, then acknowledged that he was at a meeting where they were discussed, have led to calls for him to resign his presidency...
Signed,
the Government of the Democratic Republic of Aloria
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