Six months suspended prison sentence, 5,000 euros fine and three years of ineligibility were required Tuesday, September 28 in Ajaccio against Valérie Bozzi, mayor (right) of Grosseto-Pugna, for illegal taking of interest on the part of an elected.
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The same requisitions were made before the Ajaccio criminal court against the companion of Valérie Bozzi and father of his two children, Sylvestre Ceccaldi for concealment of illegal taking of interest. Valérie Bozzi, lawyer and elected member of the Corsican Assembly, is accused of having chaired the municipal council of Grosseto-Pugna (Corse-du-Sud), a town where the seaside resort of Porticcio is located, in the Gulf of 'Ajaccio, October 28, 2016 and for participating in a vote concerning the sale of the lease of a beach establishment to SAS Alta Rocca, chaired by his companion Sylvestre Ceccaldi. He is also accused of having signed beach concessions for the benefit of SAS Alta Rocca on November 27, 2018. Sylvestre Ceccaldi is accused ofto have "
knowingly benefited from the decisions
»From his concubine Valérie Bozzi.
"
Because of the proximity of these two people, we arrive at a flagrant violation of probity,
" argued Geoffrey Makan, representing the prosecution, adding: "
we are telling you that we do not watch this if you sign, it cannot be true otherwise there is no longer any responsibility
”.
For Me Thomas Heintz, lawyer for Valérie Bozzi, these requisitions "
are above ground
" and constitute, if they result in conviction, in a "
social death penalty
" for Valérie Bozzi.
Defending the good faith of his client and pleading his release, he admitted that an "
error
" had been made with the signing of these concessions but insisted on the fact "that
no advantage was provided to SAS Alta Rocca and that there was no prejudice for the municipality
”.
Me Jean-François Pedinielli, counsel to Sylvestre Ceccaldi, also pleaded for release, ensuring that "
there is no concealment because there is no profit
".
“
I have always acted in the interest of the communities that I have chaired,
” Valérie Bozzi told the court.
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The decision was put under advisement on October 5 at 1:30 p.m.
Last February, SAS Alta Rocca was sentenced on appeal for illegal developments in a protected wetland to a fine of 10,000 euros, against 150,000 euros at first instance.
