Chirac Stands By French Ex-PM

World | February 3, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00

President Jacques Chirac has offered his public support for his closest ally, former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe, who was convicted on Friday in a party financing scandal. He was found guilty of allowing party employees from Mr Chirac's former RPR party to be put on the payroll of Paris City Hall, when Mr Chirac was mayor and Juppe its finance director. The president has also launched an official inquiry into allegations that the judges examining the Juppe case were threatened and their offices were broken into in the run-up to the verdict.

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