The Anticor association made a report to the justice system targeting Oumar Ba, deputy mayor of Compiègne, according to information from Le Parisien.
14,777.99 euros. Here is the amount of the telephone bills of Oumar Ba, deputy mayor of Compiègne in charge of city policy, between November 2020 and June 2022. An amount which earned him a report to the courts from the Anticor association, according to information revealed Tuesday by The Parisian .
The local elected official's telephone bill would have started to climb when he was a candidate in the June 2022 legislative elections in the ninth constituency of French people living abroad (Maghreb and West Africa). A vote which led him to travel several times to the African continent to make himself known to voters, says the daily – without success since he obtained only 0.5% of the votes. This is how his internet bills, the famous “cellular data”have increased sharply, leading to an increase in his telephone bills. These were settled at the expense of the taxpayer, hence the report for “embezzlement of public funds” of Anticor.
“Mr Ba no longer receives his assistant allowances”
“Certain municipal officials in Compiègne benefit from having their telephone costs covered as part of their activities”explains to Parisian Christian Maury, co-referent of the association, who nevertheless emphasizes that “the possible immoderate use by Mr. Ba of his cell phone abroad hardly seems to be consistent with his duties as deputy”. “This report to the prosecutor tells me nothing, responds the mayor of the commune Philippe Marini (LR). For some time now, an agreement has been reached with the municipal treasurer for a progressive reimbursement with deduction at source taking into account the income of the person concerned. And this has been running for a year and a half. As a result, Mr. Ba no longer receives his assistant allowances.”
With our colleague, the public prosecutor, Guillaume Dupont, affirms that a “preliminary investigation was opened on June 27, 2024” and that “investigations are ongoing”. The elected officials of the city of Compiègne are increasing their problems with the law. Since last September, municipal councilor Claudine Gréhan has also been the subject of an investigation for “illegal taking of interests”as revealed The Parisian .
