France's Chirac says prepared to stand trial

Nov 4th, 2009 - Washington Post

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PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Jacques Chirac said he was ready to appear in court over accusations of embezzlement during his time as mayor of Paris and was determined to clear his name.

Chirac, 76, was ordered last week to stand trial over allegations that when he was mayor, the Paris City Hall handed out contracts for non-existent jobs as a favor to people who were politically useful.

"I want to be able to establish the reality of the facts rapidly so that this page can be turned definitively," Chirac said in an interview to be published in Thursday's edition of the daily Le Figaro.

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