2017 legislative elections: an ex-deputy and an ex-officer of implemented taxes

The case goes back to the inter-latter of the June 2017 legislative elections, when a LRM candidate of Haute-Garonne was struggling with the outgoing member LR, Laurence wrappaged.

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An ex-deputy LR, Laurence wounded, and former number 2 of public finances in Occitania, Marc Menvielle, were indicted as part of a hint of attempted electoral destabilization during the 2017 legislative laws, their lawyers said Thursday, 16 December.

Before the case is out of Paris, the Toulouse prosecutor’s office had opened judicial information on January 18, 2021, “aiming for four people, suspected of initiating a process to decindicate the candidacy” to the deputation of Corinne Vignon (LRM), in the 3 e Haute-Garonne riding, depending on the Toulouse floor. The election of M me however was not compromised.

The case goes up to the two-round legislative elections of June 2017. The candidate LRM was then struggling with the outgoing member, Laurence wrappaged, when a concealed labor denunciation was launched by Marc Menvielle , Deputy Director of the Occitanie Regional Finance Department of Public Finance Regional Directorate. In a statement broadcast at the time of the revelation of the case, the Toulouse floor had evoked “a fraudulent and concerted company to interfere in this campaign”.

Laurence Arribagé, President of Republicans in Haute-Garonne and Deputy Sports of the Mayor of Toulouse, was indicted on Thursday for “Recel of Violation of Professional Secret”, “Recel of slanderous denunciation” and “Recel of illegal taking” “.

” Instrumentalization of Justice “

Marc Menvielle, which is therefore at the origin of the denunciation of June 2017, was indicted for “slanderous denunciation”, “illegal interest” and “violation of professional secrecy”. His lawyer, M e Thierry Carrère, disputes this indicated but satisfied that the judge “did not [IT] did not hold the” corruption pact “, which, for us, is essential “.

The third person in question is the deputy prosecutor of Toulouse at the time of the facts, Patrice Michel. The magistrate has not yet been summoned by the investigating judge. The fourth is a business leader in the real estate sector.

m. Menvielle had denounced, without informing his hierarchy and without prior investigation, of the facts of nature to prejudice to Corinne Vignon, for the benefit of Laurence arribagged, with the complicity of the magistrate, according to a source close to the investigation. M me vignon, amateur astrologer In addition to being commercial, had realized three astral themes a few years earlier, for an amount of about 200 euros, without declare them. The facts that were derived, the parquet was finally classified the complaint without continuation.

“The instrumentalization of justice is unacceptable, a fortiori by diversion of the Code of Criminal Procedure”, had terminated at the beginning of 2021 the Attorney General of the Toulouse Court of Appeal.

/Media reports.