Flosse accuses France of causing his 'political death'
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse says he is in mourning because the French state has signed his political death.
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Tahiti's Flosse banned from public office after court defeat
France's highest court has upheld a corruption conviction of French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse, effectively ending his political career.
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Fritch and Flosse fined and told to settle Tahiti water bill
Eduoard Fritch and Gaston Flosse during the election campaign in 2013 Photo: RNZ Walter Zweifel As current and former mayors of the town of Pirae, the two arranged for the town administration to pay for the water supply to the upmarket Erima neighbourhood, where Flosse lived. Flosse set up the scheme and Fritch allowed the abusive billing process to be continued. The appeal court has upheld their conviction, fining each $US10,000 and ordering the two to jointly settle the water bill of $US820,000. The court also ruled that Flosse, who is 89, would be ineligible to hold public office for five...
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