Questioned by a parliamentary commission of inquiry, the former head of the PNF Eliane Houlette said to have been subjected to “pressure” from his superiors i
Questioned by a parliamentary commission of inquiry, the former head of the PNF Eliane Houlette said to have been subjected to “pressure” from his superiors in the conduct of the investigation on the spouses Fillon.
A few days a deliberate highly anticipated, a new thunderclap came to strike a deal Fillon is already rich in twists and turns. The former head of the parquet national financier (PNF) Eliane Houlette said to have been subjected to “pressure” from his superiors in the conduct of the investigation on the case Fillon, during a hearing of the parliamentary commission of inquiry on the independence of the judiciary.
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The statements that had the effect of a bomb, causing political reactions, denial and even the intervention of Emmanuel Macron. The Express returns to the five acts on the back on the front of the stage of the case Fillon.
A hearing almost gone unnoticed
Heard on 10 June by the parliamentary commission of inquiry on the independence of the judiciary, Eliane Houlette was reaffirmed to have decided, in January 2017, in complete independence to open an investigation into the spouses Fillon after suspicions of ‘ghost’ employees revealed by the Canard Enchaîné. During his hearing, the details of which were revealed by The verge, the former head of the parquet national financier has, in contrast, is moved by the control “very close” that would have exercised the attorney general’s office, his authority of direct supervision, in the conduct of investigations.
“The most difficult (…) was to manage at the same time the pressure of the journalists, but it can be released(…), and especially the pressure of the prosecutor general’s office,” said the ex-prosecutor, retired in June 2019. Eliane Houlette referred in particular to “requests for transmission quick” on the acts of investigation or hearings and has been found to have been convened by the prosecutor general’s office which called for the investigation to be entrusted to an investigating judge.
A part of the political class outraged
Several politicians have subsequently cried out to the scandal. The party the Republicans, which has often denounced the “manipulation” of the justice in the case of Fillon, spoke of the charges “extremely serious”. Both are covered by surveys of the PNF, the national Rally and France insubordinate have seen in those “pressures” the evidence of a justice orders.
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“The ex-head of the financial department admits to having acted under pressure in the case of Fillon. Responsible ? The director of public prosecutions who ordered the searches revolting against BIA. The truth is on the way”, tweeted Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the Untamed. “And say that when we denounce the instrumentalization of justice, some of us deal with complotistes… The truth emerges, and this is only the tip of the iceberg,” said Marine Le Pen on Twitter.
Coaster of Eliane Houlette
given the magnitude that took his statements, Eliane Houlette was attempted to an early coaster. She “regretted” Friday the distortion of his remarks on June 10, were “misquoted or misunderstood”.
Eliane Houlette “is that it is well understood that Mr. Fillon has not been indicted at the request or under the pressure of the executive power”, according to a statement forwarded by his attorney Jean-Pierre Versini-Campinchi.
The denial of the attorney general of Paris
The attorney general of Paris, Catherine Champrenault, denied Friday any pressure of any nature whatsoever” in the case of Fillon after about the ex-head of the parquet national financier Eliane Houlette which have given rise to accusations of”manipulation” of justice.
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Catherine Champrenault “deplores that what is the internal functioning and normal department, the public, can be presented as the pressures of any nature whatsoever on the judicial conduct of the folder” Fillon, says a press release of the general prosecutor’s office of Paris, after what Ms Crook reminiscent of the “pressures” of his hierarchy, order “procedural”.
The intervention of Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron has also decided to take a position. The president of the Republic was asked Friday night at the superior Council of the magistracy to check that the parquet national financier (PNF) has done well in “serenity, without pressure” from the executive its investigation on the spouses Fillon during the presidential campaign of 2017.
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The head of State has intervened, ” says the Elysee, in the light of the “excitement” aroused by statements of the former head of the PNF, which has dit having conducted an investigation under the “pressure” of the public prosecutor general, his or her supervisory authority.
Date Of Update: 21 June 2020, 01:58
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