what political consequences for Louis Aliot, RN mayor of Perpignan, if he were convicted?

The prosecution requested sentences of ineligibility for all of the defendants at the trial of the RN parliamentary assistants and 18 months in prison including 6 months closed, 30,000 euros and three years of ineligibility with provisional execution against Louis Aliot, the mayor of Perpignan.

The prosecution requested ineligibility sentences for all of the defendants in the trial of the RN parliamentary assistants. Louis Aliot, No. 2 of Marine Le Pen's party and mayor of Perpignan, does not escape requisitions.

Convinced that the elected official was guilty of embezzling public funds for around 30,000 euros, the prosecution requested 18 months in prison, 12 of which were suspended, a fine of 30,000 euros against the elected official and a sentence of ineligibility. of three years with provisional execution of this decision.

If it complied with the requisitions, the judgment would compromise the political future of the mayor of Perpignan. If he was convicted as requested by the prosecution, the prefect would have to declare him to have resigned automatically since he would have become ineligible following a criminal conviction accompanied by provisional execution. It is a decision of the Council of State of June 20, 2012 “which results from the provisions of articles L 230 of the electoral code and L 5211-7 of the general code of local authorities “that a municipal councilor or a member of the body deliberating officer of a public intercommunal cooperation establishment is, for a cause occurring subsequent to his election, deprived of the right to vote by virtue of a final conviction or a conviction for which the criminal judge has decided to be provisionally executed (this would be the case here if the court followed the prosecution's requisitions). The prefect is required to declare him to have resigned automatically. explains Dominique Viala, professor of constitutional law at the Montpellier law faculty, contacted by France 3 Occitanie.

Any elected official declared ineligible for a cause declared subsequent to his election would be required to resign under Article L 236 of the electoral code.

Dominique Rousseau, professor emeritus of public law

Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

If he were sentenced to three years of ineligibility accompanied by the execution of the sentence in accordance with the requisitions, he would not be able to run in the municipal elections of 2026. He would be ineligible from the date of sentencing. continues Dominique Rousseau, at France 3 Occitanie.

“If these requisitions were expected – because predictable in view of the severity of the accusation to which we have been facing for more than ten years – they are not, however, feared. They are even firmly contested”, reacts Louis Aliot on his Facebook page. Defending himself against all accusations, he adds: “I therefore remain as confident and serene as ever, because I am convinced that these requisitions cannot be followed by the Court, and that they therefore will not be!”

After the prosecution's requisitions, the floor will be given to the defense until November 27. The court will then deliberate its decision. The defendants will be decided on their fate at the beginning of 2025.

Since September 30, former MEPs and their parliamentary assistants, 25 defendants in total, have taken the stand. The investigation concerning Laurent Salles, employed by Louis Aliot, did not show “no trace”of any work by Laurent Salles for Louis Aliot, except one “unique SMS” exchanged in eight months between the two men and a “king cake” shared, during an event in the Laurent Salles federation where Louis Aliot was invited as party leader.

For the prosecution, Louis Salles never served as parliamentary assistant to Louis Aliot. Paid 2,500 euros per month from European funds, he in fact held the position of assistant to Yann Le Pen Maréchal in the organization of major National Front demonstrations.