Following the indictment of the President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, in the night of Wednesday to Thursday, Jean-Christophe Picard, president of Anticor, the association which revived the affair of Mutuelles de Bretagne, reacts on Europe 1. He denounces a shocking and "unbelievable" situation, which, he said, would not have occurred in other European countries.

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On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, was indicted for his involvement in the Mutuelles de Bretagne case. Last year, Anticor, the anti-corruption organization, launched the case again, filing a complaint, dismissed.

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At the microphone of Europe 1, Jean-Christophe Picard, president of Anticor, says himself "shocked" by the attitude of the deputies The Republic in progress (LREM), concerning this business. "What shocks me is that 254 deputies, knowing the facts that were not contested believed that Richard Ferrand could be president of the National Assembly even though he felt he could no longer remain a minister" , he denounces.

LREM MPs must "assume" their choice, according to Jean-Christophe Picard

Jean-Christophe Picard points to a situation that "already seemed surreal at the time" since "someone who is not good enough to be a minister can be president of the National Assembly".

He calls LREM deputies to "assume to have a president indicted". A statement he describes as "incredible". "I think that by looking good, we could have a President of the National Assembly who is neither indicted, nor likely to be indicted in the coming months," he said, recalling that a such "debate taking place only in France". "In Scandinavia, for example, we would not talk about Richard Ferrand for a long time," he says.