Member of Parliament for the 6th constituency of Pas-de-Calais, Christine Engrand has been suspended for 6 months from her party, the National Rally. At issue are the use of money order fees for personal expenses and driving with an invalid license. Facts revealed in the press in September.
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National Rally Deputy for the 6th constituency of Pas-de-Calais, Christine Engrand has been at the heart of the turmoil since her election in the early legislative elections. A turmoil such that the office of the RN group in the National Assembly decided to suspend it for the next six months. The group accuses him of using mandate fees for personal purposes.
Christine Engrand, RN deputy for Pas-de-Calais, is suspended for the next 6 months.
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This decision follows “his hearing by a delegation from the group's office, delayed by sick leave“said the RN in a press release.”This temporary exclusion of course takes into account the fact that the non-regulatory expenses mentioned in recent weeks in the press have been reimbursed to the National Assembly.“, it is specified.
Furthermore, the National Rally group has made it known that it will “refer the matter to the National Investiture Commission of the National Rally so that it can rule unfavorably on a future investiture” by Christine Engrand.
During the month of September 2024, the investigative media Mediapart et The Parisian revealed in two articles, one after the other, embezzlement embarrassing for the MP's party.
According to MediapartChristine Engrand would have in particular dipped into her parliamentary envelope to pay for the boarding of her two dogs, to subscribe to a dating site at 39.99 euros per month, but also for funeral expenses of 5971.94 euros. “The disputed transactions exceed the 10,000 euros of public money“, estimates the online investigative media.
MP Christine Engrand at the National Assembly, March 14, 2023.
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In parallel, The Parisian revealed that the elected official had had a vehicle confiscated with a technical inspection defect, which she was driving with an invalid license. The MP then justified herself with “administrative error“.
On her social networks, the MP made known in a press release her aversion to this journalistic work. “We no longer understand the right to error, we condemn without a court, we arrogate to ourselves a right to the truth, to condemn“, she castigates. “We only hear part of the story, the darkest, the most incriminating.“
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Elected in the first round of early legislative elections in the rural territories of Calaisis, Boulonnais and Audomarois, this could be her last mandate for the far-right party. Indeed, if the National Investiture Commission of the National Rally decides against a future investiture, Christine Engrand will no longer be able to run under the RN label.
With AFP
