12.12.2016 13:35
{INTERNATIONAL: Euphrates News} begin Monday in the trial of France, director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, on charges of neglect may be allowed access of embezzlement of public funds, when she was Secretary of the French economy.
Lagarde is facing a prison sentence up to one year and a fine of 15 thousand euros.
Former French minister and prosecute before the Court of Justice ofthe Republic, the body authorized to prosecute misdemeanors, committed by members of the government during their term of their duties.
The court ruled the Justice of the Republic since its inception in 1993, the three members of the French government.
In early December / December, the court sentenced the former French Minister of Budget, Jerome Kahozak, after being convicted of tax evasion, and money laundering in the framework of the biggest scandal in the reign of the current French President Francois Hollande.
The case of the judiciary Lagarde because of its role in a decision issued in 2008, came in favor of the French businessman, Bernard Tapie, who won 404 million euros of taxpayers ' money following a disagreement between him and the state - owned bank.
The Lagarde then minister for the economy in the previous right - wing government of President Nicolas Sarkozy. Lagarde stressed consistently that it always acted in good faith in the case, it has been supported by the criticism that he was confident the fund.
The defending Lagarde Commission that it will seek to adjourn the case, while the investigation is still underway in the last crevice of these cross - cutting issue.
It is noteworthy here that Lagarde {60}, is the first woman to run the International Monetary Fund, and was selected this year for a second term of five years. She was appointed to this position in 2011 after the resignation of her predecessor , Dominique Stroes.anthy
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