The presidential candidate of the center-right in France, François appears to have fallen foul of new charges on the day when the Anti-Corruption Police raided his office in Parliament.
The satirical newspaper "Le Canard Enchaine" reported last week that his wife was paid hundreds of thousands of euros for a job she did not do. Already, the new charges has to do with the fact that his wife has benefited many times more money and for a longer time than was intended.
Starting last reporting reacted, calling the allegations as a specially campaign to destroy his candidacy.
"Never in the history of the French Fifth Republic has not had a very professional operation for slander in an attempt to eliminate a candidate," he said.
Earlier, insisted that if he, as his wife and had nothing to hide. Its executives have said the campaign for "Le Monde" that the new charges does not change anything, but simply give a figure more impressive. However, reputation and forecasts surveys are significantly hit by the allegations.
The newspaper informed this Tuesday that the wife Penelope , born in Wales, was paid 830 thousand euros for a task as her husband and being his deputy during two periods, many times more of 330 thousand euros originally claimed.
Meanwhile, two of the couple's children - according to the daily satirical - were paid 84 thousand euro for the duties of his father's parliamentary assistants. , in turn, said that the two children had hired for specific tasks.
MPs and senators in France allowed to hire family members, but "Le Canard Enchaine" said he has found no evidence that Penelope never did anything in positions for which it is paid.
The couple in question was examined separately on Monday by prosecutors for more than 5 hours, as part of preliminary investigations that may or may not lead to the launch of formal investigations. Tuesday morning, police raided the offices of the parliamentary Anti-Corruption, reportedly to seek employment contract begins.
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