After the right, the left… At the end of September, 13 defendants, including two former sector mayors (Les Républicains), appeared before the criminal court for having participated in a “proxy hunt.” On Tuesday, October 8 and Wednesday, October 9, it was the turn of two councilors of the current majority (several from the left) in the city council of Marseille and a former candidate to be tried for the constitution of 117 irregular powers.
The crimes – falsification of administrative documents and fraudulent maneuvers – are the same as the ballots, which in the 2020 municipal elections only the decoration has changed. Behind the rich strongholds of the right, the court moved to the land chosen by Samia Ghali, former senator (Socialist Party) and current deputy mayor of Benoit Payan, on 15my and 16my districts of Marseille, in the northern districts. In 2020, it had entered a list that competed with that of Michèle Rubirola’s Printemps Marseille (Europe Ecologie-Les Verts), before an agreement to obtain a majority on the municipal council.
Marguerite Pasquini, 74 years old, forty of whom are involved in associations and politics, Roland Cazzola, 61 years old, liberal nurse, former president of a neighborhood committee and of a blood donors association, are faithful to M.me Gali. The third defendant, Patricia Aharonian, absent for medical reasons, had changed sides just before the first round, unhappy with her thirtieth place on the list. Evoking a ” system “ who competed “to the deterioration of citizens’ confidence in public life” and serves as a springboard towards clientelism, prosecutor Jean-Yves Lourgouilloux requested his conviction: “What freedom does a person looking for housing or work have to refuse to sign a form? »
AM was required to receive a suspended prison sentence of six months, a fine of 2,000 euros and two years of disqualification.me Pasquini who, before the first round of March 2020, had appeared at the police station on the 15thmy Rounding of pre-filled powers with a photocopy of the voter’s identity card. “I submitted about twenty at most, not a hundred, that is not true”said. She had previously collected them in “a bunk” of permanence before its validation at the police station. The doors had been opened wide, according to the accusation, by Commander Henri Gil, number three of the Northern Division.
Following his instructions, a major in charge of the representatives and two of his colleagues had agreed to put Marianne and her signature on the lots brought by MM. Pasquini and Aharonian, whom he had introduced them to. Henri Gil, who died in April 2023, always questioned having given the order to evade legality, which requires that the principal of a power of attorney appear before an agent of the judicial police (OPJ). But, in the eyes of Mr. Lourgouilloux, this senior police officer, despite his brilliant service record, is “At the center of this system, he had a preponderant influence”.
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