Comment Re:No, what it really means is that... (Score 1) 215
... while it's clear a conflict of interest has occurred here, at least the government has been forced to remove Ms. Neri as the heritage minister, since it's an apparent violation of ethics laws. Contrast this to, say, the US, where such things are the norm, and are practically expected from elected officials.
Except that Ms. Neri is not an elected official. She was the Director General of Copyright Policy, which means that she actually could have been fired, but instead was reassigned.