The LFI and LR groups in the National Assembly on Tuesday asked to extend until the end of September the parliamentary commission of inquiry on the “ obstacles to the independence ” of the justice system, after the polemical remarks of the ex-head of the national financial prosecutor's office on the Fillon affair.
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This commission has already scheduled July 2 at 9:30 am to hear again the Attorney General of Paris, Catherine Champrenault, who refuted Friday " any pressure of any kind whatsoever " on the former chief of PNF Eliane Houlette. Ministers Nicole Belloubet (Justice) and Christophe Castaner (Interior) are also due to be heard on July 1 and 2.
In addition to these hearings, the chairman of the Ugo Bernalicis (LFI) committee would like to extend the work until the end of September and has requested it from the President of the Assembly. “ There is a positive excitement: people are reporting to us. And with the new elements of Eliane Houlette, it would be necessary »to carry out new hearings, estimates Ugo Bernalicis. " Why not Christiane Taubira or François Hollande, who guaranteed the independence of the judiciary, " says Ugo Bernalicis, even if he cannot decide the program alone.
" Stay on the right "
" We support this request " for an extension, said deputy leader LR Damien Abad. " What Ms. Houlette said was that she had been given a choice of procedure, the judicial information which triggers an investigating judge and the indictment, " he told the press . “ We don't judge on the merits. The will of our group is to stay on the right. Was there a voluntary impact or not on the presidential election "of 2017, he asked, adding that it is " not for us to go on the issue of the legitimacy "of President Emmanuel Macron," legitimate "after" a democratic election ".
On June 10, before the commission of inquiry, Eliane Houlette was moved by the “ pressure ” and the “ very close control ” that the public prosecutor's office would have exercised during his investigations against François Fillon, whose judgment in correctional alongside notably of his wife Pénélope, is expected on June 29. Friday, Eliane Houlette " regretted " that his words were " distorted or misunderstood ". " Mr. Fillon was not indicted at the request or under pressure from the executive, " she said. These " pressures " were " purely procedural ."
Emmanuel Macron asked Friday evening the Superior Council of the Magistrature to verify that the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) carried out its investigation in " all serenity, without pressure " from the executive.
