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Battle over the legal responsibility of elected officials

2020-05-07T18:30:03.148Z


Republican parliamentarians warn the executive against any maneuver aimed at exonerating the government from its responsibilities in managing the health crisis linked to the coronavirus.


The right eagerly awaited clarification from Edouard Philippe on the responsibility of elected officials, but Thursday, in Matignon, the Prime Minister did not mention the subject once during the presentation of his deconfinement plan. Ulcerated by the majority amendment aimed at limiting political responsibilities to " the state of scientific knowledge at the time", parliamentarians LR warned the government against the impact of such a message in the opinion, while the country awaits the truth on many subjects. Bruno Retailleau has also sent an SMS to the Prime Minister to alert him to the way in which the French were likely to perceive this amendment.

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Like the chairman of the LR group in the Senate, the chairman of the law commission also anticipated a " disastrous " political interpretation . "To say , as awkwardly, that the small and the powerful would be treated in the same way, is something that offends the moral sense and

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Source: lefigaro

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