The Constitutional Council canceled on Friday February 3 the election in June 2022 of deputy Meyer Habib, related to LR, in the 8th constituency of French people living abroad.
His supporters engaged in "
irregularities and maneuvers likely to alter the sincerity of the ballot
".
A new ballot must therefore be organized within three months.
The body responsible for electoral disputes, on the other hand, rejected another appeal which concerned the 11th district of Yvelines, thus confirming the election of LFI deputy William Martinet.
Seven cancellations pronounced
These two decisions put an end to the examination by the Constitutional Council of the appeals lodged against the results of the legislative elections of June 2022. In total, it will have pronounced seven cancellations (compared to eight after those of 2017).
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On January 27, he canceled the election of Bénédicte Taurine (LFI) in Ariège and on January 20 those of Éléonore Caroit (Renaissance), in the 2nd constituency of French people living outside France (Latin America), and of Karim Ben Cheïkh (Nupes), in the 9th constituency of the French outside France (Maghreb and West Africa).
These new cancellations are in addition to the three elections that he had already invalidated at the beginning of December, which had caused partial legislative elections in January.
Irregularities and maneuvers
Concerning the election in the 8th constituency of French nationals living abroad, which notably covers Israel, Greece and Italy, the Constitutional Council noted that "
sympathizers of Mr. Habib had, in disregard of the provisions of article L. 49 of the electoral code, broadcast on the day of the second round of voting on various social networks messages calling to vote for this candidate
”.
It also notes that "
Mr. Habib had set up hotlines and help centers mobilizing a significant number of operators for voters encountering difficulties in voting electronically
" and that during these appeals, "
voters may have been irregularly offered to vote by internet in their place
".
For the Constitutional Council, “
these irregularities and maneuvers were, in view of the difference in votes observed in the second round, likely to alter the sincerity of the ballot
”.
Meyer Habib is also targeted by an investigation for “
embezzlement of public funds
”, following a report from Tracfin, the investigators suspecting irregularities in the remuneration of his parliamentary collaborators.
Close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he sat in the UDI group during the previous legislature.
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