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Former French President Jacques Chirac, seen in this Nov. 17 2006 file photo, is to be questioned in the coming months over a corruption scandal involving fake jobs and linked to the former conservative political party he headed, his lawyer said Tuesday, June 26, 2007. The fake jobs case is the most potent of a string of potential legal problems the 74-year-old Chirac faces now that he no longer has presidential immunity. He handed over the French presidency to Nicolas Sarkozy on May 16.
The fake jobs scandal is the most potent of a string of potential legal problems the 74-year-old Chirac faces now that he no longer has presidential immunity. He handed over the French presidency to Nicolas Sarkozy on May 16.
The jobs case dates back to Chirac's years as mayor of Paris, from 1977 to 1995, when Chirac also headed the conservative party Rally for the Republic, or RPR. Investigators say operatives from the RPR were illegally on the Paris city payroll in a scheme to help finance the party, and that the equivalent of millions of dollars in salaries and fees were doled out.
The RPR party was later replaced by the UMP, or Union for a Popular Movement, which now dominates parliament and Sarkozy's government.
Chirac will "very probably" be questioned before Sept. 15 as a material witness in the case, lawyer Jean Veil said on Europe-1 radio.
Under French law, a material witness falls between a simple witness and a suspect. The material witness is not formally under an investigation and has the right to a lawyer during questioning, but can later face charges if investigating magistrates find "serious or concordant signs" of an infraction or a crime.
Veil stressed Tuesday that Chirac has given an "absolutely definitive" refusal to being questioned in two other cases - the so-called Clearstream affair involving a smear campaign against Sarkozy and the alleged killing of a French judge in Djibouti in 1995.
Chirac's office said last week that because he had constitutionally guaranteed judicial immunity while he was president, he cannot be ordered to provide testimony about incidents that happened during his tenure.
A top court ruled Tuesday, however, that another case can proceed involving allegations that paid adviser posts were created at City Hall but no work was ever done. This step allows Chirac to be questioned or even charged if evidence is found against him. The judge has already filed preliminary charges in the case against four former top aides to Chirac when he was mayor.
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