The General Prosecutor of Versailles denounced this Monday the accusations "without foundation" brought against the Nanterre prosecution by the LREM Hauts-de-Seine deputy Thierry Solère, indicted in the context of an investigation for tax fraud. This rare development comes in the midst of controversy over the independence of the prosecution in the conduct of politico-financial investigations.
Charged since October 2019 for tax fraud, embezzlement of public funds and passive trading in influence, Thierry Solère recently attacked the Nanterre prosecutor's office which had requested - and obtained in July 2018 - the lifting of his immunity parliamentary representative in the context of the investigation.
The reminder of impartiality
In early April, the deputy sent a letter to the President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand asking for the reinstatement of his immunity and accusing the Nanterre prosecution of "a succession of lies". According to him, the request for waiver of immunity "was neither fair, sincere, nor serious". Charges swept aside Monday by the general prosecutor of Versailles Marc Cimamonti for which "the media misunderstandings (…) having recently targeted the Nanterre prosecution are unfounded".
"The General Prosecutor's Office of Versailles has endeavored, since the beginning of the procedure, to ensure that the public prosecutor contributes to it while respecting the obligation of impartiality which is at the heart of its mission in application of the provisions of the article 31 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ”, he continues in his press release.
Position favoritism
A hearing is also scheduled for September 25 at the instruction chamber of the Versailles Court of Appeal. It will have to rule on the request to cancel police custody of Thierry Solère. This close friend of Edouard Philippe, a former member of the Republicans, is particularly suspected of having used his elected position to favor certain companies for which he worked, so that they obtain public contracts.
In February 2019, he had filed a complaint for "false" against two magistrates, indirectly accusing the Nanterre prosecutor of having based his request for waiver of parliamentary immunity on information that she knew was incorrect. The complaint was dismissed two months later.
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