Karimine case: trial postponed to January 23

The former parliamentarian of the Istiqlal Party (PI), and ex-president of the urban commune of Bouznika, M’Hamed Karimine, was last Thursday, December 26, in the dock of the Criminal Chamber, of first instance of the Court of Appeal of Casablanca, responsible for financial crimes.

During this hearing, M’Hamed Karimine, the main accused, and imprisoned in Oukacha prison for ten months, was present in a state of detention, while his co-defendants in this case were absent, which would have pushed the Court to postpone the trial until January 23, to ensure the presence of other accused, relays Al Akhbar this Tuesday, December 31.

The former president of the urban commune of Bouznika, M’Hamed Karimine, is being prosecuted with eight other people in this case, for “falsification of official documents and state seals».

This is, indicated sources interviewed by the daily, “of the second vice-president of the urban commune of Bouznika, Hamid B., during the previous mandate, the first vice-president of the commune during this mandate, the sixth vice-president, Brahim S., during his mandate on the period 2009-2015, civil servants from this municipality, as well as technicians specializing in town planning».

All find themselves pursued for “complicity in falsification of official documents» and having improperly used state seals.

This affair, recalls the daily, broke out following a complaint filed by the former head of the town’s Urban Planning division with the King’s Attorney General at the Casablanca Court of Appeal, responsible for financial crimes.

This complaint concerned serious infractions of the town planning code, accusations of squandering public funds, falsification of official documents and influence peddling.

This complaint, continues the daily, came after a report issued by the Court of Auditors, which had criticized the management of the municipality, noting serious dysfunctions.

«Several charges now weigh on the former PI deputy, who is also being prosecuted, as is the former director of the waste management company Ozone, in another case of corruption, embezzlement and squandering of public funds”indicated the sources ofAl Akhbar.