Three preliminary surveys were opened last year regarding the Town Hall of Cholet for illegal taking of interests, concussion, violations of arms regulation as well as false and false use.
Le Monde with AFP
Historical Figure of Cholet, Gilles Bourdouleix, Mayor Various Right of the City Since 1995, Tuesday, January 11, in the morning, custody in a survey of elected compensation. “The Director General of Services and Deputy Chief Executive Officer [have also been made] in custody since this morning in the compensation file,” added the Prosecutor of the Republic of Angers Eric Bouillard, “A HREF =” https : //www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/cholet-49300/le-maire-de-cholet-gilles-bourdouleix-place-en-garde-a-vue-c826e556-72d8-11ec -B5E2-F1D665483d2a “target =” _ blank “rel =” Noopener “title =” new window “> confirming information from the western mail.
The Town Hall of Cholet has, moreover, been searched. “There was already a search on August 18, we lacked some elements,” added the magistrate.
“Three million euros of overpayment”
Three preliminary investigations, entrusted to the judicial police of Angers, have been opened last year regarding the Town Hall of Cholet for illegal taking interest, concussion, violations of arms regulation as well as false and use of FALSE.
Two surveys were launched in the first quarter of 2021. A first for irregular use of arms for a municipal policeman, of which the mayor is responsible, and a second for a call for tenders regarding the Hall of Cholet, in 2020 , had the parquet of Angers said.
The third survey concerns suspicion of concussion (illicit perception of money by an official) and is linked to a complaint from the anti-cororrupting association, submitted before the summer, concerning “the calculation of the allowances of the elected since 2008 “, according to the Parquet of Angers. The association has calculated, by relying on a deliberation of July 3, 2020, that the elected representatives of the majority benefit from an overpayment of about 18,000 euros per month for their allowances – either “three million d ‘Euros of too much perceived for twelve years “.
The Mayor of Cholet had been re-elected in September for a fifth term, after the annulment in July by the June state of state of the June vote because of the non-compliance with certain provisions of the electoral code in the second round. One of the lists had not been regularly constituted, had judged the Council of State, infringing “the sincerity of the ballot”. In June 2020, Gilles Bourdouleix, Mayor since 1995, had been re-elected with 53.95% of the vote in this city of about 53,000 inhabitants. The list at the origin of the polling cancellation had obtained 46.04%.