The president of the Paris court tribunal denounced Wednesday “the stigma discussed publicly on magistrates” by the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati after his dismissal, alongside the ex-boss of Renault-Nissan Carlos Ghosn, for corruption and trafficking.
“If any person can freely bring any element of useful explanation in support of their defense, as a speaking ensuring respect for their presumption of innocence, the stigma publicly thrown on magistrates subject to the duty of reserve and unable to respond to these attacks, throws discredit on the judicial authority and undermines the legitimate confidence of citizens in justice”, said Peimane Ghaleh-Marzban press release.
Of “serious attacks” to the rights of the defense
The president of the court reacted after the ex-guardian of the seals of Nicolas Sarkozy, herself a magistrate by training, denounced Tuesday evening on Tuesday evening LCI A “procedure enamelled with incidents” and vilified magistrates who “work” on the rights of the defense and would perpetuate “serious attacks” against them.
She notably implicated the prosecutor of the financial republic who, according to her, would have assured her of her disagreement with the charges against her when he “received it two and a half hours in her office”: “I saw the right in the eyes Jean-François Bohnert who told me that her parquet was dysfunction”.
“It must be recalled that any justiciable has the possibility of appealing against a court decision concerning him,” wrote the president of the court in his press release.
Ms. Dati and Mr. Ghosn challenge the accusations in this judicial file has been educated since 2019 in Paris and the heavy political issues, Rachida Dati also being a potential candidate for the town hall of Paris.
DATI calls for dismissal
The 59 -year -old minister will be tried to conceal abuse of power and breach of trust, corruption and trafficking in passive influence by person invested with a public elective mandate within an international organization, the European Parliament.
“We are going to call on this decision today,” said two of the lawyers for Rachida Dati, Olivier Baratelli and Olivier Pardo, one of the many appeals on the prescription of the facts they allege was still dismissed in mid-July.
She is suspected of having received 900,000 euros between 2010 and 2012 for consulting services with a fee agreement signed on October 28, 2009 with RNBV, a subsidiary of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, but without having really worked, while she was a lawyer and European deputy (2009-2019).