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Former French President Chirac, accused of theft

"For the first time in the history of the V Republic of France, a head of state will sit on the dock of a court in Paris. It is expected the day after tomorrow, when Jacques Chirac, French president from 1995 to 2007, appear a case of corruption, embezzlement of public funds and cronyism happened 20 years ago, in ancient times almost as mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995. (...)

The episode on the judges Chirac is a classic of French politics. The city of Paris, turned into a political headquarters since his appointment as mayor, served as a screen (and register) to disguise thirty no jobs.

funds paid by the City, these 30 people did not have any municipal work. Most of them were attached to the Rally for the Republic (RPR), the political party created by Chirac in 1976 and born in 2002, Sarkozy's UMP, and carrying out work for this training. Or not.

(...) Just look at some of the conclusions of the indictment to get an idea of \u200b\u200bthe system: "One woman acknowledged that the mission entrusted to him did not exist, that their presence in the City was void, and work, tiny. "

"Another man had no office at City Hall. Not appear in the chart. He spent the day in the halls of the National Assembly ...". In fact, the case started when in 1999 the French judicial police, following a complaint by a taxpayer, he discovered a handwritten letter from Chirac himself calling for a promotion for a secretary, in theory attached to the City ..., who had nine years working for the RPR without stepping on any municipal agency.

None of this is new. In fact, it is very old. We will be judged from tomorrow is whether Chirac was aware of this system, which led to a decline in revenues of the City Hall 2.2 million euros.

A money ran out, in the form of monthly payroll, in the pockets of missing drivers, secretaries who never appeared or called municipal employees smoke-filled orders. Now it is necessary to ascertain the extent to which Chirac was at the front (or both) of the system. "( El Pais, Sunday, 06/03/2011, p. 13 )