Le Monde, February 3, 2011
The hearing of former President Jacques Chirac is now claimed by the families of victims, the investigation into the attack in Karachi. In a letter sent on 2 February Trévidic Marc J. terrorism, conducting the investigation, Mr. Olivier Morice, the board of several plaintiffs, said the testimony of Mr. Chirac is now "indispensable to the manifestation of the truth."
In support of their claim the victims' families are based on the interrogation of former defense minister (1993-1995) Francois Leotard, heard as a witness on January 31 by Judge Trévidic. In this hearing that the world knew, Mr. Leotard ensures that the cessation of payments of commissions promised more intermediaries, outside of arms contracts, may cause the attack in Karachi: "This decision was taken because Jacques Chirac would support the idea that the money was used to finance the campaign of Mr. Balladur, then it is totally false. He was pursuing a war started (...) Thirty years before this is where I speak of lightness. rétrocommissions For if there had been, there are police and judges. "
Mr. Leotard protested to the judge: "he [Chirac] never any proof of the existence of rétrocommissions, and when I hear talk of Mr de Villepin is convinced that an end judiciary, and Mr. Millon strong suspicions about who is a policeman-term, I put question their intellectual integrity. "The former minister" swear on my honor ": the Republican Party which was then the president has never been funded by commissions from the contract Agosta.
Judges must therefore s 'question: who is telling the truth? Mr. Leotard, or camp Chirac? The outcome of their investigation depends on the answer to this question.
Mr. Leotard, it has its certainties: "first, it does not respect its commitments on commissions. Secondly, it does not meet its commitment not to sell submarines to India. It is the combination of these two elements have caused the attack. "To further explore the mysteries of these arms deals, the judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke, in charge of financial aspects, requested the declassification of documents seized Jan. 12 at Bercy on contracts signed in 1994.
Gerard Davet
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