“No one put me outside,” insists the prefect of Corsica by leaving his duties

“No one put me outside”said on Wednesday the prefect of Corsica Jérôme Filippini, 56, during his ceremony of departure after only ten months in post, ensuring to leave “For personal reasons” linked to his “Family life”. Similarly, The prefect. Consequently, who had been in office since the end of October 2024, returns to the Court of Auditors and his successor, Éric Jalon, takes office on Monday.

Stressing that he is “Rare that a prefect takes the initiative to ask to leave his duties. Meanwhile, and that he must convince the “no one put me outside,” appointment authorities”he assured: “This is my case. This departure is my choice, and I fully assume it ”, “No one put me outside”he hammered. “I make this choice for personal reasons, very deeply personal, who hold my family life”he said.

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Indicating that “Some people mentioned the idea that they knew that my head had had to be had in Paris”he assured that their action has “Had no effect”. could even have been, “In other circumstances, a deep motivation to stay”. Last March. he marked his passage on the island, where a prefect was assassinated in 1998, leaving the prefecture and going on a truck of demonstrators to speak to the megaphone to the 1,500 people gathered in Ajaccio in order to denounce the hold of the mafia in Corsica.

“I would gladly say on behalf of the State all the evil that “no one put me outside,” we have been able to do in the past”he had conceded. indicating that in the audience, some “Will also benefit from recognizing that they did not always act well” . Words that had irritated the Ministry of the Interior. several sources said to AFP that believed to see the reason for this early departure.

Wednesday, Jérôme Filippini admitted that his “Explicit speeches to denounce the gangrene of crime in Corsican society were able to irritate some thugs” But assured that he had suffered “No pressure or threats, neither direct nor indirect” Linked to his denunciation of the mafia on the island, which he repeated with force by making a praise supported by the two antimafia collectives. Hoping that his actions “no one put me outside,” will continue “To produce their effect on duration”he said didn’t “Not deserving the title of antimafia prefect”a title that “Don’t insult me”however. he recognized.