A commission of inquiry on the management of the coronavirus crisis will be set up in the Senate at the end of the month, confirmed on Wednesday its president (LR) Gérard Larcher. "This commission of inquiry will be proposed to the conference of presidents by myself in a few days", announced on RTL Gérard Larcher, while the National Assembly is setting up its own commission of inquiry today. The chairman of the Senate social affairs committee, Senator LR Alain Milon, should chair it.
"For several months, France has been facing a serious health crisis, we have seen both exceptional solidarity but also shortages, even serious shortages in a certain number of areas, the role of a commission of inquiry, it is to shed light, to investigate and to draw a certain number of proposals and conclusions so that we do not experience these difficulties again, ”justified Gérard Larcher.
Sworn hearings
"A commission of inquiry is independent, that's why it was not even imaginable that I chaired such a commission of inquiry, my role is to be an arbitrator and guarantor of independence, as moreover, we were in the commission of inquiry into the Contrescarpe affair ”, known as the Benalla affair, said the president of the upper house.
In the National Assembly, the deputy LR Eric Ciotti is tipped for the post of rapporteur of the commission of inquiry on the management of the coronavirus pandemic, installed this Wednesday, while the walker Brigitte Bourguignon would take the presidency, according to parliamentary sources. Several hearings of ministers, former ministers and senior officials may be scheduled. The parliamentary commissions of inquiry, made up of 30 members from all political groups, have significant powers: compulsory summons under pain of criminal sanctions, sworn hearings, etc.
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Towards a committee of inquiry to the Assembly in June on the management of the health crisis
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- Covid 19
- Coronavirus
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