“Eva Kaili’s conditions of detention are difficult, her place is not Haren prison, she has to stay at home with her 24-month-old daughter.” imprisoned former Vice-President of the European Parliament in front of the press
most recently as part of Qatargate. “We will ask for their release or for the establishment of an electronic surveillance system for them,” he added.
The MEP’s legal team Marc Tarabellaarrested last Saturday as part of the investigation Qatargatehas meanwhile filed a stay request against the investigating judge Michael Claise “on the basis of a reasonable suspicion”. This was announced by lawyer Maxim Toeller before the hearing began to confirm the Belgian politician’s detention. “According to the court rules, ‘any judge can be challenged if there is reasonable suspicion’. And there is a justified suspicion: We were able to ask ourselves questions about respecting the presumption of innocence several times,” emphasizes the lawyer.
The hearings scheduled today in the Brussels Court Council chambers to confirm the Qatargate-related pre-trial detention of Eva Kaili, Marc Tarabella and Antonio Panzeri have therefore been stayed pending Claise’s replacement. “Claise cannot be present today because there is a motion for recusal and – explained Sven Mary – this means that the judge can no longer perform his duties until the Court of Appeal rules on the motion or he himself decides to drop the case.” .
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