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Article: MEXICO: BIG TOBACCO EVADED TAX HIKE WITH BRIBES - LAWMAKER
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- October 27, 2005
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Diego Cevallos
Inter Press Service English News Wire
10-27-2005
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- Members of the Mexican
Congress have accused foreign tobacco companies of bribing Mexican
lawmakers and doctoring figures to prevent tax hikes.
Philip Morris and British American Tobacco "corrupted the
conscience" of Mexican legislators until they finally succeeded in
securing the defeat of a bill that would have raised cigarette
industry taxes, Deputy Miguel Toscano of the conservative ruling
National Action Party (PAN) alleged on Wednesday.
Toscano, a member of the Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee,
voiced his accusations after the majority of his colleagues voted
Tuesday to withhold ...