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The mayor of Roubaix sent to trial for "embezzlement of public funds by negligence"

2022-01-07T14:21:03.507Z


The mayor (DVD) of Roubaix Guillaume Delbar will be tried in Lille for "embezzlement of public funds by negligence" in the context of a ...


The mayor (DVD) of Roubaix Guillaume Delbar will be tried in Lille for "

embezzlement of public funds by negligence

" in the context of a subsidy case from an association accused of religious proselytism, AFP learned on Friday (January 7th) from sources concordant confirming information from

La Voix du Nord

.

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Guillaume Delbar is due to appear on February 1 alongside three leaders of the Roubaix school support association “

Ambitions and initiatives for success

” (AAIR), AFP learned from the Lille prosecutor's office.

The latter, including the president and the treasurer, will be tried for "

breach of trust

", said the prosecution.

They had been placed in police custody for two days in November, a source familiar with the matter said at the time.

80,000 euros of public aid

Amine Elbahi, a native of Roubaix, alerted the Northern Prefecture in October 2020 on this association, accusing it of providing “

Koranic courses

” while it was financed by public money. He had also written a letter to the mayor of the city, putting forward that "

several clues make it possible to understand that this association does not respect republican values ​​and the principle of secularism

". "

Under the pretext of teaching the Arabic language

", the association "

teaches intensive learning of the Koran for very young children

", he said in his letter asking for the end of "

all funding

".

According to

La Voix du Nord

, AAIR would have received 80,000 euros in public aid in 2020, mainly from the city of Roubaix.

Contacted, the North Prefecture, which had carried out an administrative investigation in 2020 on this case, did not wish to communicate.

Guillaume Delbar's lawyer also declined to comment.

Guillaume Delbar was sentenced on December 2 to six months suspended prison sentence and two years of ineligibility for his participation in a fraudulent system of tax exemption via micro-parties.

He appealed against this decision.

Source: lefigaro

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