Trial in PenelopeGate to begin

Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his wife, Penelope, are set to appear in a French court in the infamous PenelopeGate case, which exposes how the former PM’s wife benefitted from the public fund with the support of her husband.

The allegation against the centre-rightist leader is that he helped his wife, who was then his parliamentary secretary, draw fund from the public fund for the work she had not done.

Actually, the allegation costs Mr. Fillon his presidential post. He was the frontrunner in the previous French presidential election. He was a very popular leader in the country.

It was the allegation which resulted to his defeat to centrist politician Emanuel Macron.

If the former Prime Minister is found guilty, he will face a tough jail punishment of around ten years imprisonment.

The said trial is likely to end in mid March.

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