A former president ascended to the witness stand? Never seen before! And yet, is about to happen. This afternoon is expected to appear, before the chamber 11 of the correctional court of Paris, Jacques Chirac and nine other defendants in the case of fake jobs in the city of Paris. At 78 years, the former head of state faces charges of having participated in a scheme to divert money from municipal budgets to finance his political party.
Occurred in 1998 when Chirac was mayor of the City of Paris and leader of the RPR. A taxpayer's complaint triggered a judicial investigation into a series of 481 contracts for work or mission (CDM) quite suspects made since 1977 by the municipality. After months of investigation, it was found that in 41 cases, the recruits had never done the least activity for the municipality and their salaries have allegedly gone into the coffers of the Conservative Party.
An ugly case of corruption of public officials, whose court hearing has been delayed for years due to the many legal technicalities and red tape. In May 2007, Chirac lost his presidential immunity and finally had to go testify before the judge Xaviere Simeoni. The former president refused then, and still refuses, the largest, while his lawyer Jean Veil said that all the irregularities committed before October 26, 1992 as prescribed.
Either way, there are still 21 CDM to clarify and should start the trial today. But the process has all the appearances of delayed again because of three appeals 'in extremis' to the Constitutional Court by lawyer Jean-Yves Le Borgne, defending the former chief of staff for Chirac at City Hall, Rémy Chardon.
Since March 1, 2010, any citizen of the Republic may submit to the highest legal body gala a 'Question of Constitutionalité Prioritaire' (QPC), in which he questions the constitutionality of a rule. "This legal offers to those who know how to handle a deadly weapon," said Le Monde. And is that all three QPC will now be transmitted around the room 11 to the Court of Cassation, to determine whether it has merit and whether the issues raised were or were not previously discussed by the Constitution.
If not, the three QPC will be sent to the called council of wise men and the trial delayed until it is rendered. To resolve these issues, Cassation has a term of three months and three other constitutional. In other words, we can sit and wait, because the defense is doing their best to go wasting time until the statute of limitations.
Thus, it is not clear that Chirac finally see in the dock. First, because, at the request of his lawyers, former head of state has been excused from attending the first day of hearing (the judges expected on Tuesday). And second, because the septuagenarian conservative political environment will always be a last resort, arguing that the defendant suffers from Alzheimer's, a rumor, with many overtones of reality "that has been properly spread in recent months. 
Occurred in 1998 when Chirac was mayor of the City of Paris and leader of the RPR. A taxpayer's complaint triggered a judicial investigation into a series of 481 contracts for work or mission (CDM) quite suspects made since 1977 by the municipality. After months of investigation, it was found that in 41 cases, the recruits had never done the least activity for the municipality and their salaries have allegedly gone into the coffers of the Conservative Party.
An ugly case of corruption of public officials, whose court hearing has been delayed for years due to the many legal technicalities and red tape. In May 2007, Chirac lost his presidential immunity and finally had to go testify before the judge Xaviere Simeoni. The former president refused then, and still refuses, the largest, while his lawyer Jean Veil said that all the irregularities committed before October 26, 1992 as prescribed.
Either way, there are still 21 CDM to clarify and should start the trial today. But the process has all the appearances of delayed again because of three appeals 'in extremis' to the Constitutional Court by lawyer Jean-Yves Le Borgne, defending the former chief of staff for Chirac at City Hall, Rémy Chardon.
Since March 1, 2010, any citizen of the Republic may submit to the highest legal body gala a 'Question of Constitutionalité Prioritaire' (QPC), in which he questions the constitutionality of a rule. "This legal offers to those who know how to handle a deadly weapon," said Le Monde. And is that all three QPC will now be transmitted around the room 11 to the Court of Cassation, to determine whether it has merit and whether the issues raised were or were not previously discussed by the Constitution.
If not, the three QPC will be sent to the called council of wise men and the trial delayed until it is rendered. To resolve these issues, Cassation has a term of three months and three other constitutional. In other words, we can sit and wait, because the defense is doing their best to go wasting time until the statute of limitations.
Thus, it is not clear that Chirac finally see in the dock. First, because, at the request of his lawyers, former head of state has been excused from attending the first day of hearing (the judges expected on Tuesday). And second, because the septuagenarian conservative political environment will always be a last resort, arguing that the defendant suffers from Alzheimer's, a rumor, with many overtones of reality "that has been properly spread in recent months.
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