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The party has also stepped up vetting of candidates ahead of May's local elections in England after a series of racism scandals during last year's general election campaign.

His administration ultimately collapsed in a mire of scandals that ended with Fujimori in prison for embezzling government funds and maintaining extrajudicial death squads.

Oligui Nguema's supporters thought it would complete the work he started with his so-called "liberation coup" a year earlier, ending five decades of corruption scandals, rights abuses and alleged repression.

He has survived more scandals than any politician in American history.

However it is far from clear that a conviction would do her cause much damage, given the series of party funding scandals that have affected all French parties over the years.