(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 11 . The scandal with
the detention in Brussels on the corruption case of the
Vice-President of the European Parliament, Eva Kylie, is gaining
momentum.
The former MEP and the head of the European Trade Union
Confederation are also among the people detained by the Belgian
Federal Prosecutor's Office. The police, after conducting searches
at 16 addresses in Brussels, found 600,000 euros in cash. The
country's federal Prosecutor's Office announced the detention of
several people after the raid.
According to the official news, the operation was conducted as
part of the operational-search measures on the facts of corruption
and money laundering.
Who is the arrested high-ranking official, Eva
Kylie?
Eva Kylie was born in Thessaloniki (Greece) in 1978. She is a
member of the country's Panhellenic Socialist Movement party. Eva
Kylie was reportedly expelled from the party after her arrest. She
has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014.
How did Eva Kylie feel about Azerbaijan?
As a part of her activities, she adhered to an anti-Azerbaijani
position. During the 44-day war, she sent a request to the EU
Commission, demanding the implementation of visa restrictions on
Azerbaijani passport holders. This suggests that Eva Kylie may have
shady ties with Armenians. Who can guarantee that she did not use
her authority for the benefit of the Armenians for bribes? It is
possible that news of Eva Kylie's corruption ties with the Armenian
lobby will emerge during the investigation.
The European Parliament, which is one of the leading
organizations of the 'old continent', the OSCE, and other European
institutions periodically prepare reports and investigate
violations of the law, bribery, and lawlessness in various parts of
the world. They are trying to create the impression that they are
perfect and that they act transparently, hence having the right to
teach the countries of the world how to fight against corruption
and bribery. However, the corruption scandal with Eva Kaili,
distinguished by her pro-Armenian position, and other similar facts
show that neither representatives of European organizations, nor
the former and current leaders of the leading countries of the 'old
continent' are by any means 'white and fluffy'.
Within this context, the following corruption scandals involving
European and American officials can be mentioned. Nicolas Sarkozy,
President of France from 2007 to 2012, was accused of illegal
financing and corruption in 2018. In 2017, French Interior Minister
Bruno Le Roux was forced to resign after a top news story on one of
the country's leading TV channels accused him of making illegal
money by creating fictitious jobs for his daughters. Right-wing
candidate François Fillon was accused of corruption in the 2017
French election. In 2015, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi was sentenced to three years in prison for bribery. In
2015, former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell was found guilty of
corruption and sentenced to two years in prison.
Pro-Armenian Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey is currently
under federal criminal investigation. Federal prosecutors
investigated Menendez back in 2015, when he was charged with
bribery, but not punished. Menendez has close ties to Armenian and
Greek lobbying organizations. Also, Robert Menendez is married to
an ethnic Armenian. So, the Eva Kylie corruption scandal is not the
first of its kind. It is more likely that the Armenian lobby will
continue to bribe officials in Europe and the United States.
The above gives reason to believe that corruption scandals 'on
the old continent' will not end there. Just as Eva Kylie and her
ilk are accused of corruption, the same is expected of French
President Macron, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy
Pelosi, and other officials who have great support from the
Armenian lobby. The charges brought against Eva Kylie show that it
is corrupt interests that are behind this support.