The Paris Court of Appeal confirmed the conviction of Jean-Paul Huchon at the prison sentence and a heavy fine but raises the ineligibility of which he hit in the first instance.
Jean-Paul Huchon may blow. The Paris Court of Appeal yesterday overturned the sentence of disqualification imposed in the first instance by the court, the court felt that there was no reason to deprive the elected its civil and civic rights. A sentence of one year, through the provisions of the Electoral Code, resulted in a de facto disqualification of two years. President of the region would have been unable to attend the regional election in 2010 to seek a new mandate at the head of the Ile-de-France.
In the first instance in February 2007, Jean-Paul Huchon - which categorically denied the facts he has accepted on appeal - was sentenced to six months suspended sentence and 60,000 euro fine. This conviction has however been confirmed on appeal. The president of the Ile de France is accused of having facilitated the signing of contracts between the region and three communications companies that employed his wife, an intermittent show that specializes in film. The court also upheld the conviction of his wife, Dominique Le Texier, four months suspended sentence and 20,000 euro fine. In a statement issued shortly after this decision, Jean-Paul Huchon stressed that "the court found that there was in this case no harm to the region or personal enrichment," he notes. Roger Karoutchi his rival, UMP candidate in the primary to try to conquer the region in 2010, said he was "delighted" the cancellation of the penalty of disqualification, adding to "confront Jean-Paul Huchon at the fair: revolutionary project against the Socialist abysmal. "
Jean-Paul Huchon may blow. The Paris Court of Appeal yesterday overturned the sentence of disqualification imposed in the first instance by the court, the court felt that there was no reason to deprive the elected its civil and civic rights. A sentence of one year, through the provisions of the Electoral Code, resulted in a de facto disqualification of two years. President of the region would have been unable to attend the regional election in 2010 to seek a new mandate at the head of the Ile-de-France.
In the first instance in February 2007, Jean-Paul Huchon - which categorically denied the facts he has accepted on appeal - was sentenced to six months suspended sentence and 60,000 euro fine. This conviction has however been confirmed on appeal. The president of the Ile de France is accused of having facilitated the signing of contracts between the region and three communications companies that employed his wife, an intermittent show that specializes in film. The court also upheld the conviction of his wife, Dominique Le Texier, four months suspended sentence and 20,000 euro fine. In a statement issued shortly after this decision, Jean-Paul Huchon stressed that "the court found that there was in this case no harm to the region or personal enrichment," he notes. Roger Karoutchi his rival, UMP candidate in the primary to try to conquer the region in 2010, said he was "delighted" the cancellation of the penalty of disqualification, adding to "confront Jean-Paul Huchon at the fair: revolutionary project against the Socialist abysmal. "
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