Bastien Joint will be appointed mayor of Caluire-et-Cuire after the conviction of Philippe Cochet.
It’s official, the former candidate for the legislative elections in the 5th constituency of the Rhône and municipal councilor delegated to the urban farm project, Bastien Joint will become the new mayor of Caluire-et-Cuire, following the conviction for embezzlement of public funds from Philippe Cochet, town councilor since 2008.
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“The Caluirards know that they can have confidence in our collective action at their service”
In a press release released Friday, December 20, the members of the Caluirarde majority assure that in “responsibility, determined, united and united around Bastien Joint, we will continue to work in the service of Caluirards“They also thank the mayor who has become ineligible.”for having made Caluire-et-Cuire what it is today, such a pleasant city to live in, a strong and safe city that will remain so“.
And to conclude: “Faced with national and metropolitan uncertainty, the Caluirards know that they can have confidence in our collective action at their service.“We do not currently know the date of the extraordinary municipal council during which Bastien Joint will be elected by the municipal councilors.
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Philippe Cochet appealed
As a reminder, Philippe Cochet was sentenced on December 11 by the 11th chamber of the Paris Criminal Court to five years of ineligibility, with provisional execution, and three years of imprisonment including one year closed, for embezzlement of public funds.
His wife, Laetitia Cochet, was found guilty of complicity and concealment of embezzlement of public funds as well as social fraud. The national financial prosecutor’s office had decided to prosecute the LR mayor of Caluire and former deputy of Rhône (2002-2017) for having employed his wife as a parliamentary attaché during his election to the National Assembly in 2002. A job that justice considered fictitious. The former parliamentarian appealed this decision, an appeal which does not suspend his sentence of ineligibility, pronounced with provisional execution.
In a press release released a few hours after the conviction of Philippe Cochet, the Caluirard opposition groups asked “the resignation of the municipal majority, which, in solidarity, united behind Philippe Cochet“.
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