Friday, October 30, 2009 CBC NEWS:
Former French president Jacques Chirac will stand trial for an alleged corruption scandal from his years as Paris mayor. Investigative magistrate Xaviere Simeoni has ordered Chirac, 76, to stand trial on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust, a judicial official said Friday. The allegations of corruption and nepotism date back to Chirac's tenure as mayor from 1977-95. Chirac has been investigated for allegations that 35 contracts paid for by Paris City Hall were awarded to friends and associates for jobs that did not exist. Simeoni concluded that 21 of the 35 were for non-existent jobs. Simeoni said Friday the breach of trust charges dated back to the period before 1994, while the embezzlement charges dated from March 1994 to May 1995 — when he was sworn in as chief of state. Chirac said he is "serene and determined to prove in court that none of the jobs still being debated were fake."
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