Tangier mayor questioned over ballot-paper case
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L'Information
Mounir Limouri, Tangier’s mayor and provincial head of the Authenticity and Modernity Party, was questioned by an investigating judge over the ballot-paper case. Eight people face prosecution, including for interference with electoral operations, falsifying a public document and corruption, reports Hespress.
Mounir Limouri, mayor of Tangier and provincial head of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), was questioned for several hours by the investigating judge at the Tangier Court of Appeal in the case known as the “ballot papers” affair. The questioning covered the entire case, in which eight people are facing prosecution, reports Hespress, cited by L’Information.
The investigating judge is expected to summon the elected official again next week. Mounir Limouri is being prosecuted in particular for interfering with electoral operations with a view to altering their outcome, falsifying a public document and corruption. He has been held in pre-trial detention since 2 October and benefits from the presumption of innocence.
The case dates back to the legislative elections on 23 September, when a person was arrested with a suitcase containing ballot papers from a polling station set up in a school in the Casabarata district. The investigation is based in particular on surveillance-camera footage, as well as analysis of phones and communications, according to Hespress.
The questioning came after the detailed interrogation requested by the defence was postponed on 13 October because of Mounir Limouri’s state of health.
