Former head of the Austrian government, Sebastian Kurz, tried for false testimony
Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said this Wednesday that he was innocent on the first day of his appearance in Vienna in a trial for false testimony before Parliament, in a country shaken by corruption cases.
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"I hope that the process will be fair and that in the end the accusations will be denied," Kurz declared upon arriving at the court before a swarm of journalists.
Dressed in a dark suit, the 37-year-old former conservative leader smiled and said he was "confident" before taking his seat in a large neoclassical-style room reserved for important processes. The public's interest is at the height of the character, who in 2017 became the youngest elected head of government in the world at the age of 31, and who left politics resoundingly just two years ago.
It is the first time in more than 30 years that a former head of government has been held accountable for his actions. before Austrian justice. This trial, which should last several days, only concerns part of the facts that Sebastian Kurz is accused of. And they are the least serious compared to those of corruption, whose investigation is still ongoing.
He is accused with two other people of having lied before a parliamentary commission when he was under oath, in an act punishable by three years in prison. The prosecution plans to call around twenty witnesses, including several political figures.
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