Dilek Kalayci: In courtroom on fees of bribery | EUROtoday

Berlin’s former well being senator Dilek Kalayci (SPD) is to go to courtroom on suspicion of bribery. The Berlin regional courtroom has authorized a corresponding indictment by the Berlin public prosecutor’s workplace, as a courtroom spokeswoman mentioned. The course of is scheduled to start on January 16, 2025. When the fees had been introduced, a legislation agency commissioned by Kalayci acknowledged that the ex-senator emphatically rejected the accusation made in opposition to her.

“Ms Kalayci never violated her official duties,” defined lawyer Robert Unger in mid-August. The presumption of innocence applies till the proceedings are legally concluded.

The courtroom is initially planning twelve days of trial

The co-defendant within the case is an proprietor of an promoting company. The prosecution accuses the 58-year-old of bribery. According to the spokeswoman, the Berlin district courtroom is initially planning twelve days of hearings for the trial till April 2025.

According to the investigation, the entrepreneur and the politician are mentioned to have agreed in spring 2019 that his company would take over the planning and group of Kalayci’s wedding ceremony celebration. According to the indictment, the previous senator was by no means billed for the providers. The public prosecutor assumes that she didn’t must pay as a result of she promised the company contracts from the Senate for the foreseeable future.

The ex-senator is alleged to not have requested for an bill. Instead, in keeping with the indictment, after the marriage the corporate obtained an order from the well being administration for an promoting marketing campaign aimed toward recruiting younger folks to supply care.