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Can you imagine the secretary general of the Élysée being indicted?
“, the oppositions reacted, often by mockery, to the indictment of Alexis Kohler, suggesting that he should resign and evoking in parallel the case of Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti.
The right arm of the head of state since 2017 was indicted on September 23 for illegal taking of interests in the investigation into his links with the shipowner MSC.
He remains at his post, we learned Monday at the Elysée.
In addition, the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) on Monday ordered a trial for the Keeper of the Seals, accused of having taken advantage of his function to settle scores with magistrates whom he had opposed when he was a lawyer.
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- Alexis Kohler indicted for illegal taking of interests in the MSC affair
"Democratic collapse"
For the leader of the LR deputies Olivier Marleix, the "
retention in office at the Elysee Palace
" of Alexis Kohler "
would be an insult to the judicial institution
".
“
In one day, indictment of the main collaborator of the Head of State and the Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals.
I look forward to calls for their resignations from the deputies of the relative majority
, ”tweeted the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure (Editor’s note the dismissal of Éric Dupond-Moretti before the CJR is not an indictment ).
“
Can you imagine the secretary general of the Élysée being indicted?
Trials for illegal taking of interest are definitely a great classic of Macronist power.
Exemplarity at the highest responsibilities is a democratic requirement
”, reacted the head of Générations Sophie Taillé-Polian, with the hashtag “
#Resignation
”.
For the leader of LFI deputies Mathilde Panot, “
Macron’s protege will have to face his fear: to be accountable!
".
Read alsoSuspected of conflicts of interest, Éric Dupond-Moretti caught in the trap
“
Between Kohler and Dupond-Moretti on the same day, President Macron must now choose: to be President of the Republic or clan leader.
Faced with the democratic collapse that threatens here as elsewhere, his choices will weigh heavily
, ”said the environmentalist deputy Benjamin Lucas.
"
The one Emmanuel Macron's entourage calls the President of the Republic's AK47 is jammed
," said Senator LR Alain Houpert again.
