"I hope that such payments will continue in the future."
The payments to his wife continued until the end of 2012.
And these reduced payments continue for the next 3 years - as you can see from the chart below.
Investigators said the payments began in 1982 and continued until the middle of 1988.
The payments will continue for a fixed period, usually five years.
But the payments will continue to increase, he said.
The payments could continue for up to three years.
This was paid for by a special tax and payments continued until 1979.
"We feel fairly good" that the benefits and payments can continue to be made well into the future, she added.
Illegal payments by news media agents to public officials continued into 2012.