Swiss authorities refuse to reopen graft cases against President Zardari

Silaaj · February 11, 2013, 3:56am

Re: Swiss authorities refuse to reopen graft cases against President Zardari

1st you need to understand how the law works.

In Switzerland only Swizz authorities can prosecute BB/AAZ because only they have the proprietorial power under their laws to criminally prosecute someone if the Swiss laws were violated.
I never disagreed with that. It was the assertion of Zardari and BB apologists above that the swiss case was politically motivated and filed by Nawaz Sharif.
BB and Zardari committed money laundering and bribed a Swiss firm, which is why criminal charges were filed against them in Switzerland.

Their decision to or not to prosecute was independent w/o any involvement of government of Pakistan.
Agreed…tell that to Mr. Pasha above, who thinks Nawaz Sharif had enough clout with the Swiss to get them to prosecute BB and AAZ on his behalf

The GoP has no power in a foreign to country prosecute anyone for criminal wrong doings. It can only sue for civil damages (no convictions in civil cases…only fines). The reason the case was overturned was b/c the trial court jud, errored in his initial decision & thats why appeals court set-aside the judge’s decision.
Agree that GoP does not have power in a foreign country. The case was filed by the Swiss AG, and BB and AAZ were convicted of bribery and money laundering.
***Case was overturned because an appeal was filed. That appeal never went to fruition because BB and AAZ never showed up in court. You are misstating facts here. The trial court verdict was not nullified. It was set asirde as a natural side-effect of an appeal.
When a murderer is sentenced to death, and he files an appeal, the death sentence is automatically set aside in order to wait for the appeal to be heard. Thats common practice. Dont make it sound like the trial court made a mistake, or that they were found innocent. The verdict is set in stone. BB and AAZ did not defend that verdict.

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