07-19-2007, 10:23 PM
Does it work the same way in india or would Pratibha would get blanket immunity for cheating, nepotism and murder etc?
My guess would be the latter. <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Chirac faces Paris scandal judge
<b>Mr Chirac enjoys presidential immunity in two other investigations
Former French President Jacques Chirac was questioned for four hours by a magistrate probing a party funding scandal from his time as Paris mayor.</b>
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<b>Mr Chirac still enjoys presidential immunity in the investigation into the death of a French judge in Djibouti and in the so-called Clearstream affair, regarding an alleged attempt to smear Nicolas Sarkozy before he succeeded Mr Chirac as president.
The immunity does not apply to the period before he became president, when he was mayor of Paris.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
My guess would be the latter. <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Chirac faces Paris scandal judge
<b>Mr Chirac enjoys presidential immunity in two other investigations
Former French President Jacques Chirac was questioned for four hours by a magistrate probing a party funding scandal from his time as Paris mayor.</b>
.......
<b>Mr Chirac still enjoys presidential immunity in the investigation into the death of a French judge in Djibouti and in the so-called Clearstream affair, regarding an alleged attempt to smear Nicolas Sarkozy before he succeeded Mr Chirac as president.
The immunity does not apply to the period before he became president, when he was mayor of Paris.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->