ABDULLAH GUL MAY STAND TRIAL FOR MONEY EMBEZZLEMENT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.05.2009 20:09 GMT+04:00

Ankara district court ruled that President Abdullah Gul should
stand trial in the case over his party’s embezzling money from State
Treasury in 1997. According to Hurriyet Daily News periodical, the
President’s office has released statement on inadmissibility of any
criminal charges against president, apart from treason.

A court of appeals now will have the final say on the case. "According
to the Constitution it is impossible to put a president on trial for
any charge apart from treason," says the statement. Disputing the
ruling, Government spokesman Cemil Cicek found it unthinkable that
presidents are not protected by immunity when deputies are.