Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz went to the court docket in Nouakchott on Monday, April 26, on the summoning of the court docket’s anti-corruption choose. Since March 12, ex-president Aziz and a dozen personalities, together with two of his sons-in-law and two of his former prime ministers, have been accused of embezzlement, corruption, waste and embezzlement of public property.
as reported from Nouakchott,Salem Mejbour
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who dominated Mauritania between 2008 and 2019, has at all times refutedthese allegations of financial embezzlement, corruption, waste and embezzlement of public property, however judges requested him on Monday about his alleged involvement.
The previous head of state refused to reply the verdicts, as in his earlier appearances. On every query, former President Aziz refers the judges to Article 93 of the Structure, which gives that solely the Supreme Courtroom has jurisdiction to listen to or choose him. He considers himself coated by his immunity as a former head of state.
However in line with the attorneys defending the Mauritanian state on this case, this provision solely applies to excessive treason. Nevertheless, the previous president was known as by the judges to reply for alleged monetary crimes that fall inside the jurisdiction of the odd courts, verify the members of the civil social gathering’s bar affiliation.
Attorneys working particularly for reimbursement to the Mauritanian folks of debiens assume to have been hijacked throughout the decade when Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was in energy.
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