The prosecution on Wednesday decided not to indict the first lady on bribery charges even though she received a luxury handbag from a mysterious pastor after her husband was elected president in 2022. The prosecution based its decision on the absence of any clause on punishing a presidential spouse’s acceptance of expensive gifts from others — except for an article on broadly banning a spouse’s receipt of them. Despite such loopholes, political circles have been mostly indifferent to the issue.
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