Repairing affair

Repairing affair, also Repairing donation affair, designates in that History of the Federal Republic of Germany one into that years uncovered around covered the repairing company to Care of the political landscape, like repairing managers Eberhard von Brauchitsch the practices called, and the possible concrete decision influence in connection with one for the repairing company and the company head Friedrich Karl repair favorable decision of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs.

The repairing affair led to a clear in relation to the policy in the population.

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Care of the political landscape

In the course of the clearing-up of the affair it showed up that into that years all at this time in Bundestag represented parties, thus , , SPD and the repairing company had received - partly over than classified party near organizations like those civic combinations - and itself thereby clearly over the valid regulations of the Party law had jumped over. In the social debate to these procedures however differences in the evaluation showed up: Thus prominent representatives that showed little injustice consciousness and made validly, like difficult those it is and that it itself if necessary around Harmless crime act - an attitude, later to one led.

However in the long run that became Party PEND law as also the obligation to register of the delegates concerning the supplementary income intensifies.

The Bundestag set one Committee of inquiry to the repairing affair. When the suspicion arose, it has over a law office allowances of likewise repairs received (to the light as fee for advisory assistance, in reality however as reward for the fact that it in April 1973 by its renouncement of a CDU party and parliamentary group presidency the way for ), stepped this freed to back.

Kohl, by entries in the guaranteed cash book likewise loaded, made against it with its hearing one Black out validly, due to whose it can remember nothing.

Suspicion of the bribery

The repairing company requested responsible persons with for the decision The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs for proceeds the tax exemption after paragraph 6b, obtained from a sales of a larger block of shares in January 1975, of the Income tax act for economicalally eligible for promotion Reinvestments. Both Ministers and its successor (both and/or Corruptibility obviously. To 2. December main header the Bundestag on request of the determining Bonn public prosecutor's office those Immunity the acting Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Lambsdorff up, then, when the complaint became certified, to withdrew.

In the long run the repairing manager became Eberhard von Brauchitsch as well as the politicians and former Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Friderichs and Otto count Lambsdorff however only because of and/or to the tax evasion condemns.

See also

Literature

  • Hans's Werner Kilz/Joachim Preuss: The bought republic. ISBN 3499330482
  • Thomas Ramge: The large Polit scandals. Another history of the Federal Republic ISBN 3593370697

Web on the left of

  • The party PEND affair (with LeMO)
  • Historical events - discussion in the Bundestag over the repairing affair (
     

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