Like an air of déjà vu for Jean-Marie Bernard. The president of the Hautes-Alpes Departmental Council will be this December 4, once again, before the judges.
After being sentenced to a suspended fine of 10,000 euros by the Grenoble Court of Appeal in November 2021 for having given a wolf's tail, in February 2020, to Cécile Bigot-Dekeyzer, prefect of Hautes-Alpes on the point to leave his functions, the elected official will this time be before the Lyon criminal court, prosecuted for favoritism, illegal taking of interests, and embezzlement of public funds.
This information revealed by BFM You saywhich Provence was able to be confirmed, in no way surprised the main person concerned. “This matter is linked to the report of the Regional Chamber of Accounts of 2019, and we remain calm as we always have been. We have some answers to give to the judges, because the community has always been transparent. It's just a question of time, even if we know that the judicial time is very long”confides a source close to the matter.
A niece involved
Serenity certainly, but a certain unknown for Jean-Marie Bernard who, apart from his niece and mayor of Dévoluy Alexandra Butel, does not know the three other people also summoned as part of this long procedure.
It comes in two parts, explain our colleagues from BFM You say : suspicions of favoritism and embezzlement during his presidency of the Department, and another relating to the functioning of the Hautes-Alpes Management Center between 2008 and 2019.
For the moment, no official communication, which could possibly take place through Maître Philippe Neveu, lawyer for Jean-Marie Bernard.
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