?RABAT, April 4, 2013 (AFP)
President Francois Hollande insisted Thursday?he would go all the way to clean up French politics after an ex-budget?minister was charged in a tax fraud probe linked to his secret foreign bank?account.
He stressed that the French government itself was not involved in the?scandal but ?one man who failed.?
?I will go all the way on these questions because I have nothing to fear?from the strict application of the laws that exist and the application of the?new laws? announced, Hollande told journalists at a news conference in Rabat.
?To be clear? it is not the government that is being challenged, it is?one man who failed.?
The man in question, Jerome Cahuzac, was charged on Tuesday with??laundering the proceeds of tax fraud? after he admitted to having an?undeclared foreign bank account containing some 600,000 euros ($770,000).
As budget minister, he was responsible for cracking down on tax evasion?until he resigned two weeks ago.
The scandal has caused a major crisis for the French president and his?government, which critics accuse of either trying to cover up for Cahuzac or?of mismanagement for having believed his denials.
?Adding to Hollande?s woes, Le Monde newspaper reported on Thursday that his?campaign treasurer for last year?s presidential vote had joint ownership of?two firms registered in the Cayman Islands, a well-known tax haven.
Hollande, who is on a two-day visit to Morocco, denied any knowledge of?Jean-Jacques Augier?s private business activities.
??I know nothing about these activities, and if they do not conform to?French tax law, I will ask the administration? to make the ?necessary?corrections,? he said.
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