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Fez Mayor Al-Baqali in Court over Reporting Issue
The Court of Appeal in Fès has postponed the initial session for re-trial of Fès Mayor Abdel-Salam Al-Bqali, former secretary of the Fès Municipal Council Sufyan Idrissi, and several municipal employees to November 9th. This decision was made at the request of one of the defendants' legal representatives to allow time for preparing the defense and reviewing case documents. This measure follows rulings by the Court of Cassation which declared the previous judgments null and ordered the case to be retried from scratch. Previously, Al-Bqali had been convicted at the appeal level of six months in prison for failing to report a crime, but that verdict was overturned, and the case must be reconsidered. The employees also face charges related to embezzlement of public funds, forgery, disclosure of professional secrets, and producing false certificates. Regarding Sufyan Idrissi, the case has been referred again to a different judicial panel after the Cassation Court nullified his previous conviction, despite his acquittal in the lower court. This has sparked widespread discussion about his role in the case.
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