The employment of two elected Nice officials in a public structure questioned

Pierre-Paul Leonelli, September 10, 2020 in Nice -

• In its report on the Center for the management of the territorial public service of the Alpes-Maritimes, the regional chamber of accounts considers that the reality of the actual work of two elected Nice representatives paid within this body appears "more than doubtful".

• Pierre-Paul Leonelli and Lauriano Azinheirinha deny themselves any “fictitious employment”.

Pierre-Paul Leonelli and Lauriano Azinheirinha, two elected representatives from Nice, would have been hired and paid by a departmental public structure without the reality of their work being attested.

These are in any case the conclusions of the regional chamber of accounts (CRC) disseminated in a detailed report on the activity of the Center for the management of the territorial public service of the Alpes-Maritimes (CDG 06).

Observations that the former president of Anticor Jean-Christophe Picard transmitted this Wednesday in a report to the public prosecutor of Nice, announced the elected, today municipal and metropolitan councilor of Nice (EELV).

Pierre-Paul Leonelli and Lauriano Azinheirinha defend themselves against any “fictitious employment”.

"Appropriately reconcile salaried territorial employment and elective office"

The CRC examined the management of CDG 06 from 2015 to 2019 and yet concludes that the reality of an effective full-time work of these two elected officials, hired before the LR mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi takes his presidency, appears "more that doubtful ”.

For Pierre-Paul Leonelli, deputy mayor of Nice for cleanliness, the chamber considers that “it appears to be paid by CDG 06 for the exercise of outside activities that cannot be linked to the interest of the public establishment ".

And that his recruitment was "for the sole purpose of allowing the person concerned to continue to conveniently reconcile salaried territorial employment and metropolitan elective mandate".

First advisor to the then president, Senator José Balarello, who died in 2015, this close friend of Christian Estrosi then quickly occupied a position of chief of staff, created for him in 2015 and accompanied by an increase in his monthly remuneration. by 57%, or 6,520 euros.

Its contract with CDG 06 must end at the end of October, the organization announced on Wednesday.

“I have never had fictitious jobs, defends Pierre-Paul Leonelli in a response to

.

It is common knowledge that I have been carrying out real and effective missions on behalf […] of CDG 06 since 2014. ”He notably mentions“ the design and coordination of all written communication media ”.

Its "activity has left few traces"

Regarding the departmental councilor Lauriano Azinheirinha, former deputy for education to the mayor of Nice, who became his director general of services (DGS) in 2017, the chamber argues that his recruitment conditions were, according to the chamber, "marred by" irregularity ”.

"The activity of the project manager", in post from June 2015 to October 2016, "has, in any case, left few traces", notes the CRC.

“This mission was carried out in strict compliance with contractual provisions, answers Lauriano Azinheirinha to

.

The numerous meetings, meetings with partners, field visits, studies carried out demonstrate the reality of the work carried out.

"And, according to him," the activity reports produced after this mission confirm that it was perfectly fulfilled ".

CDG 06 argues for its part that "these situations are strictly controlled by the administrative judge and invalidated in the event of irregularity" and recalls that "this was not the case".

The organization points to the fact that "the CRC has not issued any recommendations" on these "recruitments that would raise questions", the "mentioned remuneration levels" being, according to him, "perfectly in accordance with the legislation".

Seized by Jean-Christophe Picard on the conclusions of the regional court of accounts, the public prosecutor had not yet followed up this Wednesday afternoon.

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