More than 10 years after leaving political life in turmoil, the former mayor of Montreal Gérald Tremblay still defends his legacy at the criminal trial of his former number 2 Frank Zampino.
“We managed the city well” dropped Gérald Tremblay Tuesday afternoon at the Montreal courthouse.
The one who was mayor of the metropolis from 2002 to 2012 testifies within the framework of the criminal trial brought against Frank Zampino and four collaborators accused of various conspiracy, fraud and breach of trust.
Pierre-Paul Poulin / Le Journal de Montréal
A scheme for obtaining public contracts in the metropolitan area would have made it possible to fraudulently grant 34 contracts between 2004 and 2009 in Montreal with a total value of more than $ 160 million, according to crown theory.
-In exchange, firms were to offer a 3 % fee to the Union Montreal Party of Mayor Tremblay.
“I have never commented on anyone that there was illegal funding,” said Tremblay. I have never made a voluntary blindness ”.
He also pointed out that politics “is a question of perception” and that it is unacceptable that politicians can go on a trip to the expense of advisory engineering firms.
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