Bribery: Public prosecutor calls for suspended sentence for ex-CDU MP | EUROtoday

The Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office has one Suspended sentence of 1 12 months and eight months for the previous CDU member of the Bundestag Axel Fischer. In addition, Fischer ought to pay 80,000 euros to the Victim Support Foundation and lose each the lively and passive proper to vote for 3 years. This would additionally have an effect on his pension provision. The Munich Higher Regional Court is anticipated to announce the decision on Thursday.

Fischer is accused of giving bribes amounting to 26,300 euros Azerbaijan to have accepted. According to the general public prosecutor’s request, the sum must also be confiscated. Fischer is alleged to have acquired the cash in money over a interval of a number of years. Some of the funds have been due to this fact made when it was not but a legal offense. Another a part of the funds is now thought-about time-barred. In return for the funds, Fischer is alleged to have given pro-Azerbaijan speeches and forwarded confidential paperwork at an early stage in his function as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the place he was lively from 2010 to 2018.

The protection legal professionals rejected the allegations and demanded an acquittal. Fischer was not on the market, mentioned lawyer Heiko Hofstätter. He referred to as the prosecution’s demand for punishment “completely disproportionate.” Fischer himself pleaded harmless. He acquired no monetary or different advantages for pro-Azerbaijani voting or different conduct. He mentioned he by no means “sold” his vote.

Fischer was arrested in December after repeatedly failing to seem in courtroom.

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