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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (12755)10/27/2005 1:50:42 AM
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French justice

Posted by Jerry Scharf

Chirac ally guilty of corruption

Roussin's trial was one of France's biggest corruption cases.

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(Reuters) -- A former aide to French President Jacques Chirac was found guilty of corruption and handed a four-year suspended prison sentence on Wednesday for his role in a public contracts scandal linked to the head of state.

Michel Roussin, who was Chirac's chief of staff when the president was mayor of Paris before becoming head of state in 1995, was found guilty of involvement in a kickback scheme run between 1989 and 1995. He was also fined 50,000 euros ($60,330).

The scam provided illegal funds to politicians in exchange for contracts to build or repair Paris-area schools.

Roussin, 66, had denied charges he ran the scheme and sometimes even collected the payments, but admitted he knew of the system.

Presidential immunity protects Chirac from prosecution on any charges relating to his days as Paris mayor, but the case has further tarnished his weakened reputation. He has denied knowledge of the kickbacks but refused to be questioned.

The trial was one of France's biggest corruption cases and other defendants included three former cabinet ministers, a series of party officials and about 30 businessmen.

Prosecutors said the spoils amounted to about 70 million euros.

Chirac's conservative RPR party got the lion's share but some funds were spread around to a small right-wing party and also to the opposition Socialist Party.
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