41. The scandal forced the resignation of Agar, a top True Path figure. 42. The scandal had already forced the politician, Masakuni Murakami, to resign from Parliament. 43. The scandal had forced the finance minister and his deputy to resign. 44. The scandal has forced a cabinet minister to resign and led to the cancellation of a major bank privatization. 45. The scandals surrounding Montesinos forced Fujimori into exile in Japan after he lost power last November. 46. The scandal forced Daiwa to shut its U.S. operations and pay the largest criminal fine ever levied against a financial institution in the United States. 47. The scandal forced the resignation of former Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and NEC chairman Tadahiro Sekimoto. 48. The scandal has already forced four high-ranking Socialist politicians, including the ministers of foreign affairs and transportation, to resign because of their alleged involvement. 49. The scandal has also forced its owner and politician Bernard Tapie to divest himself of the team. 50. The scandal has forced the agency to scrap plans to build the plane. |