Jean-Louis Missika, former deputy for town planning to the PS mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, resigned from a mission committee formed by the real estate group Novaxia, the ethics committee of elected officials of the Council of Paris seeing it as a conflict of 'interests.
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Jean-Louis Missika, innovation assistant during Bertrand Delanoë's second term (2008-2014), then urban planning during Anne Hidalgo's first term (2014-2020), resigned due to a "
major ethical problem, a conflict of interest that could possibly become a criminal issue,
”commission chairman Yves Charpenel told AFP on Thursday 18 November.
The commission, which delivered its opinion on November 3 and 5, was seized "at the
very end of October
" by Anne Hidalgo "
following information published
", said Yves Charpenel.
"
Pantouflage
"
The opponent LFI Danielle Simonnet had denounced in a press release the "
revolving door
" - action, for a civil servant, to leave the public service for the private sector - of the "
editor of Anne Hidalgo's program
" in 2014 and 2020, and "
craftsman of the sale of a third of the Hôtel-Dieu hospital for the benefit of this Novaxia real estate company
”. Once the opinion had been delivered, Yves Charpenel spoke with Jean-Louis Missika who "
immediately resigned, before taking up his duties
" and therefore to be paid. For the former first Advocate General at the Court of Cassation, it was an "
obvious conflict of interest
" since Jean-Louis Missika "
had himself participated in deliberations on these subjects and in particular with regard to the company Novaxia
”.
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The "
resale right
" provided for by law obliges any public official, during the three years following the end of his duties, to "
indicate his professional plans to verify that they are not in contradiction with the ethical principles which govern public life,
”recalls Yves Charpenel.
Contacted by AFP, the former elected said to feel “
soiled
”, admitting to having committed “
an error
” in a “
gray area
” but not of “
fault
” on the legal level. "
A mission committee is a structure totally independent from the company, responsible for monitoring that this company fulfills the missions of general interest that it has set itself, so we are light years away from the market. of real estate. This is the reason why I thought it was not a problem
", he explained"
I was wrong, I should have consulted the ethics committee and I instantly withdrew from this. committee
", Further argued the former deputy, who was to receive for this activity"
compensation of a few hundred euros
".