Innocent until proved guilty
Telegraph | News | Vote-rigging trial puts spotlight on Chirac
Allies of Jacques Chirac went on trial yesterday accused of vote-rigging at the time the French president was mayor of Paris.
The case, which reached a Paris court 17 years after the alleged offences, has added to the suspicions of sleaze that have dogged the president's career since he was mayor.
Oh yes, suspicions, I sort of have a suspicion that the sun rose in the east today and that it will go down in the west, but it is only a suspicion and until proven we ought to remain openminded on that and M Chirac's sleaze.