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Arrested by environmental deputy Sandrine Rousseau on her option to appoint, when he was president of the Assembly, Justice of the Peace Véronique Malbec, Richard Ferrand denounced a query “ pretty hurtful “ According to him, with regard to M^me Malbec, his profession and his legitimacy to sit down on the council, then returning to “” the whole story of [leurs] labor relations ”.

As a reminder, Richard Ferrand had been indicted in 2019 by three Lille investigating judges for “illegal taking of interests »» In the so -called Mutuelles de Bretagne case, which was undoubtedly classified on October 13, 2017 by the Brest prosecutor’s office (notably invoking the prescription of public action). The latter being then led by Véronique Malbec, a general of the Court of Appeal of Rennes. M^me Malbec is today a member of the Constitutional Council, after having seen his appointment proposed by Richard Ferrand in 2022, when he was president of the National Assembly.

“First, you most likely know, however article 36 of the Criminal Procedure Code clearly signifies {that a} Attorney General can ask a prosecutor to proceed he is not going to ask him for the other”he argued. “Second level, which additionally appears extraordinarily vital to me, is that at no time and by no means, the individual you’re in query mentioned earlier than this identical fee when it was appointed, didn’t have information of litigious information that have been reproached for me ”continued Richard Ferrand, then recalling that: “Three decisions [de justice] were pronounced to indicate that the disputed facts had neither criminal qualification and therefore should not be prosecuted. ”

Richard Ferrand continued by claiming to have “Make him know as a result of, on the finish of [s]we mandate ”, as president of the Assembly (2018-2022), wishing to need to seek the advice of a few “Absence of legal clarity” current to know if a municipality or meeting may very well be shaped within the occasion of aggressions of elected officers. He says he seized the Keeper of the Seals on this query, who then have “Proposed that members of my office work with his and under the direction of her own chief of staff who was Ms. Malbec”.

“Then came the question of replacement at the Constitutional Council of Madame Claire Bazy-Malaurie [au Conseil constitutionnel] on the occasion of an exchange with President Fabius ”, Advanced Mr. Ferrand, arguing that the president of the institution wanted parity to remain respected. “He then additionally tells me that (…) It can be good for the Constitutional Council to maintain this blended character which signifies that there are magistrates of the judicial order, state councilors and elected officers who’ve had expertise »»who sit on the council, he continued.

It is then, says Richard Ferrand, that he had the thought of ​​proposing the title of M^me Malbec, given his profession as a Justice of the Peace, after having consulted him and having left him a 15 days of reflection, in line with him. Appointment validated by the Law Commission on the time, he wished to recall, regardless of a number of criticism of this selection asking questions on their presupposed locations.