The president of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, announced on Friday, November 15, that she had referred the case of LFI deputy Andy Kerbrat to the institution’s ethics officer, whose Half part writes that he used his money order fee advance to buy drugs, which the deputy denies.
“Being a deputy means having the duty to set an example. The events reported by Half part regarding Deputy Andy Kerbrat are extremely serious”commented Yaël Braun-Pivet on the social network. “I have contacted the ethics officer to immediately conduct an inspection of your expenses. If the facts are proven, I will take legal action.”continuous.
According to a survey published on Friday by Half partMP for Loire-Atlantique, 34, used his mandate advance account, supplemented with approximately 4,700 euros per month by the National Assembly, to finance his drug use.
The elected official was detained on October 17 by police in the Paris metro while buying 3-MMC, a synthetic drug on the rise in France. Then he announced that he was going to start a “care protocol” and I want “struggle” against his addiction to be able to resume his parliamentary activity.
Andy Kerbrat says he “paid these prohibited expenses”
According Half partThe deputy, currently the subject of a judicial process, has gone through significant financial difficulties due to his addiction. In this context, he “used your money order fee advance to transfer money directly to your personal account”affirms Half part.
Andy Kerbrat admitted to the investigative media that “do anything” with the fees of his mandate, admitting to having taken public money from this for his personal lifestyle. But it guarantees that cash withdrawals identified by Half part were not used directly “to buy drugs.” He also says that then “they reimbursed these prohibited expenses”.
The use of the advance payment of mandate expenses by the deputies is “strictly supervised” AND “must be justified by any expenses incurred”, recalled the president of the National Assembly. “Every year, a third of the deputies are chosen at random to be controlled”He also clarified.
Andy Kerbrat’s situation was not reviewed in either 2023 or 2024, but it was “It is expected to be carried out in the coming days as part of the end-of-period controls, which are ongoing”he added. “Justice will be done in case of misappropriation of public money, especially to finance illicit expenses”concluded the president of the Assembly.
