The institution notably indicates that during the legislative campaign, “it was able to irregularly be offered to voters to vote by internet in their place” during targeted calls.
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The Constitutional Council invalidated Friday, February 3, the election in June 2022 of deputy Meyer Habib, related to the Les Républicains group (LR), in the 8th district of the French from abroad (which brings together eight countries, including Israel, Israel, Italy, Turkey and Greece), by asserting “irregularities and maneuvers likely to alter the sincerity of the ballot”. A new ballot must therefore be organized within three months.
The Constitutional Council noted that “Sympathizers of Mr. Habib had, in ignorance of the provisions of article L. 49 of the electoral code, disseminated on the day of the second ballot on various social networks of messages calling to vote for this candidate “. “The authors of some of these messages prevailing their quality as elected municipal official in Israel or presented themselves as relaying voting instructions from religious authorities”, which is likely to have influenced the vote of a significant number of voters “, he observes in a press release .
He also notes that “Mr. Habib had set up telephone permanence and assistance centers mobilizing a significant number of operators intended for voters encountering difficulties in voting electronically” and that Opportunity for these calls, “he was able to be irregularly offered to voters to vote by internet in their place”.
Deborah Abisror-de Lieme, who had been a candidate (Renaissance) in June against Mr. Habib, was welcomed of the cancellation of the election, believing that “the highest French jurisdiction puts an end to years of illicit maneuvers”.
Survey for “embezzlement of public funds”
Meyer Habib is also the subject of an investigation for “embezzlement of public funds”, following a tracfin report. Investigators suspect irregularities in the remuneration of his parliamentary collaborators. Close to Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, he sat within the UDI group during the previous legislature.
The Constitutionel Council, which is responsible for electoral litigation, however rejected another appeal which concerned the 11th district of the Yvelines, thus confirming the election of the deputy La France Insoumise (LFI) William Martinet. These two decisions put an end to the examination by the Constitutional Council of appeals filed against the results of the legislative elections of June 2022. In total, it will have pronounced seven cancellations, one less than in 2017.
On January 27, he had canceled the election of Bénédicte Taurine (LFI) in Ariège and, on January 20, those of Eléonore CAROIT (Renaissance) in the 2nd district of the French established outside France (Latin America ), and Karim Ben Cheïkh (Nuts), in the 9th district of the French outside of France (Maghreb and West Africa). Three elections had already been invalidated in early December, which had caused partial legislative elections in January.