The Créteil Criminal Court ruled on Wednesday January 4 "
inadmissible
" the direct summons and canceled the prosecution for embezzlement of public funds against LFI MP Mathilde Panot, accused by her opponent Together!
during the last legislative elections.
The procedure was deemed inadmissible because the complainant, Philippe Hardouin, did not pay a deposit to the court, said the Créteil prosecution, requested by AFP.
The direct summons allows the victim of an offense or the public prosecutor to seize a criminal court directly.
In this type of procedure, there are no investigations carried out by magistrates.
Charges plaintiffs with collecting evidence, naming suspects, and making a financial deposit in court before the hearing.
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Philippe Hardouin, candidate Together!
in the 10th district of Val-de-Marne against Mathilde Panot, had seized the criminal court by direct summons after the broadcast of the speech on the Facebook account of the city of Ivry-sur-Seine of the candidate LFI, who came first in the first round.
“
The court concluded that the direct summons of the opposing party against Madame Panot in a procedure that we have always considered illegitimate and abusive
is inadmissible,” reacted Wednesday to AFP, Jade Dousselin, lawyer for Mathilde Panot, elected last June in the second round of legislative elections with 67.63% of the vote.
