Political donations will always arouse suspicion.
POLITICAL parties are also businesses: they have to be. But is it the business of politicians to solicit and accept substantial donations to party funds, especially when such gifts could be seen as potential buying-of-influence – or, to put it bluntly, a form of bribery in hope of future services rendered? Such conclusions, while perhaps simplistic, are inevitably drawn whenever or wherever the subject of party politics and corporate largesse arises.
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