Mauritian Court Allows Appeal of PM's Corruption Acquittal
- Intermediate Court convicted prime minister in June 2015
- Conviction was overturned by Supreme Court a year later
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Mauritius’s Supreme Court granted permission to the state prosecutor to challenge Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s acquittal in a corruption case last year.
“This case has a considerable public interest because it is the first time that the court has given its interpretation on the conflict-of-interest offense,” Chief Justice Kheshoe Parsad Matadeen said in a ruling delivered in the capital, Port Louis, on Thursday. “The court therefore grants permission to the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal to the Law Lords of the Privy Council.”