The placement under the intermediate status of witness witnessed by Richard Ferrand's companion in the case of Mutuelles de Bretagne is "good news" and shows that "the truth is gaining ground", said Friday Paul-Albert Iweins, lawyer of the President of the Assembly. The fact that Sandrine Doucen was not indicted Thursday after its hearing by the judges in Lille in charge of the investigation is "good news," said Me Iweins, one of two lawyers, with Philippe Bazire, of M. Ferrand.
"The truth makes its way." The commentators who had thought to be able to align with the version of Anticor ", the anticorruption association that filed a complaint with civil suit in this case," would be wise to be cautious ", he added. The entourage of the president of the National Assembly had also said Thursday that the non-indictment of Ms. Doucen was "reassuring nature for further training."
Complicity in illegal taking of interests and receiving
Sandrine Doucen was placed on Thursday evening under the intermediate status of witness assisted for "complicity in illegal taking of interests and receiving" in the case Mutuelles de Bretagne, the day after the indictment of Mr. Ferrand for illegal take of interests in this same case. This indictment is linked to the fact that the Mutuelles de Bretagne, which he then ran, had decided in 2011 to rent commercial premises belonging to his companion.
The Mutuelles de Bretagne affair had led Mr. Ferrand to leave the government in June 2017. As soon as he was appointed Minister of Territorial Cohesion, he was pinned by Le Canard chained who had revealed the affair.