World | And Mitsubishi fired Carlos Gonz from his leadership, Nissan attacked Renault,

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Mitsubishi Motors, the Japanese group Mitsubishi Motors, announced today that it has removed Carlos Gonz from the presidency, which he also lost to Nissan, on charges of financial exploitation, according to AFP.

According to Mitsubishi's brief statement released today, group officials determined that it was difficult for a man arrested in Tokyo to remain in office last week.

Gon, the engine of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, was arrested for concealing part of his income from Japanese financial authorities and for committing other financial offenses. The Tokyo prosecutor's office suspects that Gon has stated that half of the compensation received from nearly 10 billion yen, or $ 88.5 million.

The scandal with Gon erupted in the midst of tensions between Nissan and Renault and information cited by Bloomberg and the Financial Times that he was considering a merger of Renault and Nissan.

At the same time, the president of Nissan (whose employee was aware of the information that led to the arrest), Hiroto Saikawa, said that the current alliance with Renault was unfair. In a statement to Kyodo's shareholders, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that Renault owned 43.4% of the Japanese company, held only 15% of the shares of its French partner in the union and did not have the right to vote. in the definition of his policy.

According to media reports, Nissan's current leadership also wants to reconsider the agreement, according to which the Japanese company should be headed by a Renault agent, according to TASA, quoted by BTA. Nissan, its third partner, Mitsubishi Motors, holds 34%.