Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was summoned to the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) on October 24 for possible indictment as part of an investigation into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The attorney general’s office confirmed at the request of AFP. After receiving information from world.
The mayor of Havre and the president of the Horizons party, which is close to the presidential majority, will be heard by the three magistrates of the CJR investigative commission on the crimes of endangering the lives of others and voluntarily refraining from fighting the disaster, the general confirmed. Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Cassation.
Dispute the facts
At the end of the trial, he can be charged or assigned to the more favorable status of a supporting witness, if he succeeds in convincing the judges that there is not enough serious or coherent evidence that can be used against him. “I strongly dispute the charges against me– on Sunday, the former prime minister (May 2017-July 2020) assured. parisian.
During this judicial investigation opened in July 2020, former Minister of Health (May 2017-February 2020) Agnes Bouzin was charged on September 10, 2021 with endangering the lives of others. fight against the demand.
A number of complaints have been filed
In addition to Agnes Bouzin and Edouard Philippe, the former Minister of Health Olivier Verand, now the government spokesman, is the target of this directive on the government’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic led by the CJR, which alone has the power to prosecute and judge members. government for crimes or misdemeanors committed in the performance of their functions. At this stage, Olivier Verani has not listened to CJR.
The investigation was launched after several complaints, which condemned, in particular, the lack of protective equipment for caregivers and the population, or mistakes about the need to wear or not wear masks. After that, other complaints were added to the ongoing judicial investigation.
In this case, several searches were carried out in October 2020, in particular at the homes and offices of Olivier Verand and Philippe, Agnes Bouzin and former member of the government Sibeth Ndiaye. To date, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused 155,000 deaths in France, according to Public Health France.
Source: Le Figaro
