Fillon said that his expensive suits paid a friend
The presidential candidate of France’s center-right party “the Republicans” Francois Fillon admitted that his designer suits worth thousands of dollars, paid one of his friends.
The name of a friend Fillon never called.
Earlier, French weekly newspaper Journal du Dimanche reported that the clothes Fillon provides a fashionable Parisian tailor Arnie. Among them — two suits worth over 13 thousand dollars. These suits, according to the newspaper, was paid by cheque in February.
In France, a limit in the amount of 5 thousand dollars that individuals can donate to candidates during election campaigns.
The campaign of the candidate from Republicans has significantly shaken the financial turmoil: Fillon suspected that he employed his wife and paid her for the services she actually is not provided.
The Fillon and his wife deny all charges.
The first round of presidential elections in France scheduled for April 23. The main rivals to Fillon the centrist Emmanuel macron and the leader far right “National front” marine Le Pen.