時代雜誌回顧二○○六全球十大醜聞扁家列第五名 - 支持宋先生之親民論壇

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美國《時代》雜誌在年終回顧專題中列出二○○六年全球十大醜聞，台灣總統陳水扁和其家人因涉及貪汙指控而入榜，位居第五名。

這份排行榜號稱全球，其實還是以美國為主，陳水扁和以色列總統卡察夫是榜上僅有的兩個外國人。

文中說，陳水扁在二○○四年總統大選中槍受傷，但厄運並未終止，如今他的夫人吳淑珍女士也因涉及貪汙國務費一千四百多萬台幣（約合四十五萬美元）被起訴，全案正進行審判。

指扁似穿憲法設計的不沾衣

《時代》指出，吳淑珍之外，陳水扁別的家人和親信也利用他的關係獲取不法所得。其中最受矚目的就是他的女婿趙建銘所涉及的內線交易案，吳淑珍已正式遭到起訴，但「總統本人似乎穿著一件憲法特地設計的鐵弗龍不沾衣」，因為陳水扁雖然也在此案及其他案件中涉及貪汙，在二○○八總統任期屆滿前不會被起訴任何罪名。最近立法委員又以廿八票之差，未能通過需要三分之二多數的總統罷免案。

陳水扁就任總統以來，曾數次出現在時代雜誌，但最近幾次時代雜誌的亞洲英雄排行榜上不見陳水扁入列，這次倒是登上醜聞排行榜。美國《時代》雜誌將第一家庭貪汙指控列為全球十大醜聞第五名

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