The investigating judge of the Court of Appeal of Rabat decided yesterday, Wednesday, to refer the case concerning the president of the commune of Ksar El Kebir and the parliamentarian of the Al Hoceima region, Mohamed Essimou, as well as his co-defendants, to the criminal chamber of first instance.
The court has set a date of September 9 for the first hearing of the trial in the case in which Essimou and others are being prosecuted.
Essimou is accused of embezzlement and squandering of public funds, as well as participation in undue advantages in an institution that he manages and supervises, in opposition to the president of the commune of Ksar El Kebir. The other defendants are being prosecuted for having received advantages in an institution that they manage and supervise, as well as for embezzlement and squandering of public funds.
