He was arrested in flagrante delicto on October 17, 2024 in the Paris metro while buying a synthetic drug. Narcotic products that Loire-Atlantique MP Andy Kerbrat would have purchased with his money order fee advance (AFM). This is what a survey by the Mediapart investigation site reveals.
The LFI elected official would have used €25,000. Andy Kerbrat, now on sick leave, acknowledges to our colleagues that he do anything
but rejects the purchase of drugs with public money. He claims to the French media that he has reimbursed the National Assembly.
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Advance on mandate fees
Amounting around €6,000 per month, the AFM allows you to pay for various expenses linked to the exercise of their mandate which are not directly covered or reimbursed
explains the National Assembly website.
The use of this amount is regulated. MPs must keep supporting documents for each expense. An ethics officer from the National Assembly is responsible for randomly monitoring these costs. When the amount is not used completely, the remainders are returned to the Chamber's treasury.
“Strongest condemnation”
After the facts revealed by Mediapart, the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, announced on the social network the ethics officer so that he can carry out an inspection without delay
of the expenses of the deputy for Nantes. If the facts are proven, I will take legal action
she announces, calling for the strongest possible condemnation
.
