Wednesday, March 9, 2011

France: Chirac process was postponed until June

Former French President Jacques Chirac was not since the trial started on Monday appeared personally in court. The trial of former French President Jacques Chirac has been adjourned shortly after it opened in June. Until then, it will be decided on a constitutional issue, which had argued the lawyer for a co-accused.

The judges said Tuesday in Paris. Content is about the limitation of criminal offenses, if two procedures are combined. Chirac was not since the trial started on Monday appeared personally in court. He is charged with a Veruntreuungsaffäre from his time as mayor of Paris in the nineties.


He should have awarded seven municipal jobs to people who actually worked for his RPR party. In 21 other cases, it's about complacency jobs for political friends and cronies. It is the first time that a process was initiated against a French former president.

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