In Toulouse, elected fraudsters will have an appointment with the courts two Thursdays a month
In Toulouse it is on Thursday that the elected fraudsters will have an appointment with the justice system. Two Thursdays a month. From 2022. Specific audiences. The Toulouse Court of Appeal recognizes that it is much too slow to judge the corruption cases, abuse of corporate assets, illegal taking of interest, embezzlement or even favoritism. She changes gear.
“We are too slow in eco-fi justice” considers the Attorney General
The Toulouse Court of Appeal decides to fight against attacks on public probity one of his priorities because sometimes to his great regret cases are judged more than 10 years after the fact.
The jurisdiction which sits at Place du Salin considers that it is far too slow in economic and financial affairs involving elected officials. “We change gear and let’s say the slope is steep, you have to put yourself in a dancer to climb it “ explains in a colorful way Franck Rastoul the attorney general of the Toulouse Court of Appeal. And to specify: ” it is necessary to punish in good time those who cannot penalize the law and at the same time cast shame on other decision-makers. It is the role of the prosecution to provide a response to this delinquency which undermines the authority of the state.“
Specific audiences for elected fraudsters
In the chapter of the most emblematic files there is that of the former mayor of Montauban Brigitte Barèges in the Tarn-et-Garonne or the former mayor of Gaillac Patrice Gausserand in the Tarn. The calendar of “eco-fi hearings” as they are called is already full for the next twelve months.
From 2022, the trials pursuing elected officials will no longer be drowned in the mass of cases for moonlighting but will be the subject of a specific hearing, two Thursdays per month. These files are essentially transmitted to the Justice by the Regional Chamber of Accounts of Occitanie, this one carries out a true work of ant since it has under its control not less than 20 000 public organizations on the springs of five courts of appeal (Toulouse, Montpellier, Nîmes, Agen, Pau). Over the past five years, out of 400 inspections, 35 public bodies have been the subject of criminal transmission.
In terms of undermining public probity, Occitania is in the high range French regions.