The deputy Liot of the third constituency of Guadeloupe, aged 68, was tried for “breach of trust, subtraction, misappropriation or destruction of property from a public deposit” while he was director of the Caisse des écoles de Pointe- à-Pitre.
He was not present in court for the deliberations. The facts concern the use of a fuel card and the sale of two vehicles by the Caisse des écoles, between August 12, 2014 and September 3, 2014, when Max Mathiasin headed the structure, before being elected deputy in 2017 The two vehicles were in fact leased and did not belong to the Caisse des écoles, but to the company Bred Cofilease, whose constitution as a civil party was retained. like that of the school fund. Bred mentions a little more than 7,000 euros in damage.
6,000 euros of fuel
The fuel card would have been used for a little over 6,000 euros. Two other men, the former vice-president of the board of directors of the Caisse des écoles and a former municipal agent, were also tried in this case but were acquitted on Tuesday by the court. On October 22, the Pointe-à-Pitre public prosecutor's office requested 18 months of suspended imprisonment, a fine of 10,000 euros and a sentence of ineligibility with provisional execution against Max Mathiasin, which was not granted. retained the court. The public prosecutor had requested a 12-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 5,000 euros against the former vice-president of the board of directors of the Caisse des écoles, and a six-month suspended sentence and a fine of 5,000 euros. fine against the former municipal agent.
MP Max Mathiasin at the National Assembly on June 22, 2017© GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP
