- ICDI affair
The ICDI affair is a Belgian
political scandal involving the "Intercommunale pour la Collecte et la Destruction des Immondices" (ICDI), the refuse collector ofCharleroi in theWalloon Region .The
public utility ICDI is said to have misspent community money, involving nepotism and favoritism.The ICDI has been led by
Lucien Cariat since1977 , an Parti Socialiste (PS) alderman inCharleroi . He was apprehended onMay 18 ,2006 , together with the ICDI financial director.On
May 22 ,2006 , Lucien Cariat was struck from his alderman duties by the Charleroi executive council.Earlier, in October,
2005 , three other Parti Socialiste aldermen in Charleroi had to step down in theCarolorégienne affair , which also caused the resignation of Minister-President of the Walloon RegionJean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe .A poll by the
RTBF inJune 2006 showed that the PS is about to lose 20% of its local vote in the city of Charleroi. [http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=24&story_id=30618&name=Fraud+scandal+costs+PS+20pc+of+votes]ee also
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Belgian political scandals External links
* [http://www.lalibre.be/article.phtml?id=10&subid=90&art_id=285488 La tornade ICDI (in French)]
* [http://www.lalibre.be/article.phtml?id=10&subid=90&art_id=286861 ICDI, premières inculpations (in French)]
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