Questioned by the investigation commission of the national Assembly devoted to “the independence of the judiciary”, Éliane Houlette spoke of “control, very n
Questioned by the investigation commission of the national Assembly devoted to “the independence of the judiciary”, Éliane Houlette spoke of “control, very narrow”.
Éliane Houlette, former attorney national financial (PNF), was heard on 10 June by the investigation Commission of the national Assembly dedicated to the ” challenges to the independence of the judiciary,” reports The verge.
The magistrate then acknowledged having experienced “pressure of the prosecutor general’s office” at the beginning of the case Fillon, in February 2017. In particular, she pointed to the relentless requests to put up the information as quickly as possible, on the recent acts of investigation.
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“requests for clarification, of general history – all of it in two or three days of interval, the requests for elements on the hearings, the requests of notes of advice to the respondent (…) The reports that I’ve sent, I’ve reviewed prior to this hearing. There are reports that were substantiated, which were ten pages long, precise, clear, well”, she explained to the Commission led by the Untamed Ugo Bernalicis. “We can only ask questions [about what is done with this information]. It is a control that is very narrow” the general prosecutor’s office,” continued the magistrate.
Request for opening a judicial inquiry
Still according to information obtained by The Point, Éliane Houlette spoke of a meeting in which he was asked to open a criminal investigation against François Fillon, then, the investigations had hitherto held in the framework of a preliminary investigation.
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If the magistrate has provided first resisted, she then confessed to finally follow this directive, because it was itself convinced that it was necessary to open a judicial information. In office from 2014 to 2019, Eliane Houlette was the first prosecutor national financial, following the creation of this function post case Cahuzac.
Date Of Update: 18 June 2020, 06:58
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Source: newstars.edu.vn