CORONAVIRUS SIXTY-THREE COMPLAINTS AGAINST MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT

"There are exactly 63 complaints that have been filed with the CJR this evening," the only body empowered to judge acts committed by members of the government in their functions, said the attorney general at the Court of Cassation.

These complaints are currently being examined by the requests commission of the CJR, "which acts as a filter and will have to assess for itself the follow-up to be given to these 63 complaints". This commission, composed of ten high-ranking magistrates, can "decide either the classification without any follow-up or the transmission to the public prosecutor who would then be required to seize the commission of instruction which will act finally as an examining magistrate", a -he explains.

Members of government targeted

These complaints most often concern the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, the two successive health ministers, Agnès Buzyn and Olivier Véran, as well as their justice counterparts, Nicole Belloubet, du travail, Muriel Pénicaud, and de interior, Christophe Castaner. "These complaints can come from very different horizons (...) from private individuals, unions, associations, doctors ... There are a few cases, with complaints on one page absolutely not motivated and others more detailed and more referenced, about twenty pages, "detailed the attorney general.

Doctors, unions, detainees among the complainants

Among the complainants are a collective of doctors and unions, such as the prison CGT or Vigi-Police. At least fifteen complaints have been made by detainees, according to a judicial source.

In parallel, dozens of complaints from individuals, groups or elected officials are being examined by the public health department of the Paris public prosecutor's office, either against X or against officials of the administration, in particular the Director General of Health. Jérôme Salomon.

"Manslaughter"

The complainants denounce, as the case may be, facts of "endangering the life of others", "manslaughter", "failure to assist a person in danger" or failure to take timely action to contain the epidemic .

The Paris public prosecutor's office must soon rule on their classification without action or on possible openings of judicial inquiries.

The Head of State, Emmanuel Macron, is criminally irresponsible for acts carried out in the exercise of his functions.