The two files are different but are subject to a similar procedure. Alexis Kohler, general secretary of the Elysee, was accused on September 23 of “illegal taking of interests” for alleged links with the Italo-Swiss shipowner MSC. The Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti, also accused of illegal taking of interests, learned on Monday that he will be referred to the Court of Justice of the Republic. It is suspected that he used his Morocco to settle accounts with magistrates with whom he had a dispute as a lawyer.
This Tuesday morning on BFMTV-RMC, Marine Le Pen mentioned these two cases that put the executive to shame, accusing Emmanuel Macron of keeping the two men in office.
“Emmanuel Macron had promised an exemplary Republic, the least we can say is that at the end of the first term there were many problems around him and things continue to have consequences,” he said.
For Le Pen, the secretary of the Elysee “should no longer be in his position”
If you imagine that neither Eric Dupond-Moretti nor Alexis Kohler will continue in their current roles, however, you have dealt with these two cases separately. He first addressed the case of the general secretary of the Elysee, whom he judged “that he should no longer be in charge of him”.
“He is a very important and powerful figure in the Republic, but he is the responsibility of Emmanuel Macron. Does he want to keep him next to him and in a position so sensitive to a suspicious person – but benefiting from the presumption of innocence? – Of conflict of interest or not? ”, He launched.
RN wants anti-revolving door law
The former president of the RN, however, considered that the controversy raised a greater problem: “It is the problem of the slippers that must be put on the table.” He immediately gave a definition: “These civil servants, these senior civil servants trained by France and whose training is financed by the French and who go to the private sector, then return to ministerial offices and find themselves almost systematically at risk of conflict of interest” . “.
Marine Le Pen has announced that her group will soon present a bill to the National Assembly to “end” the revolving door, or at least to “limit it to the maximum.”
“When you are a high official, you cannot benefit from the training that the French State has paid you to go to the head of companies or on boards of directors!” he insisted, ending with a formula: “Our goal is to stop this slide that is a growth hormone of conflicts of interest.”
Macron just has to “change” Dupond-Moretti’s ministry according to Le Pen
Marine Le Pen also wants to see the Keeper of the Seals land. “I have always defended principles, even to the benefit of my opponents. I have always considered that the leaders who say that the accused ministers should be expelled are wrong because there is a presumption of innocence and because I do not want a government of judges, “she stressed, however.
But according to her, it is “the image of Justice”, which must be “irreproachable”. “Eric Dupond-Moretti is Minister of Justice, and he is accused before the Court of Justice. The French will end up having suspicions,” alleged the training lawyer.
“If Emmanuel Macron cares a lot about Mr Dupond-Moretti, he simply has to change his ministry,” he suggested.
Source: BFM TV
