L'Express, March 8, 2010
A nonsuit was rendered in a case of fraudulent financing of the Republican Party of former Minister of Industry. Gerard Longuet was forced to resign in 1994 because of these lawsuits.
A Paris investigating judge has issued a non-place in February in favor of Gerard Longuet, former industry minister and current president of the UMP group in the Senate, in a case of alleged fraudulent political finance, we learn from the Paris prosecutor.
The decision, revealed by Figaro.fr, concludes an investigation that lasted 15 years, and that was including donations cash to the Republican Party, a component of the former UDF party and former Gerard Longuet, and funding deemed illegal Paris offices of the organization.
The examining magistrate Jean-Marie d'Huy noted in particular that the facts fall within the scope of an amnesty law of 1990 on political funding, "said Le Figaro.
is the fourth time that Gerard Longuet, who had to resign in 1994 the Balladur government because of these lawsuits has a discharge or a dismissal.
In 1998 he was acquitted in a folder for the financing of his villa in St. Tropez.
In 2004, he was acquitted in a prosecution for "the misuse of corporate assets" for an amount of 173,561 euros paid by the developer at his company Future Cogedim 55, 1989 and 1990, a benefit for alleged fictitious.
In 2005, he was acquitted of the charge of involvement in the operation room for corruption in the awarding of construction contracts for schools in Ile-de-France.
proceedings too long to Longuet
"It's the end of a procedure that could have been handled in a year," said Gerard Longuet at Figaro.fr. "My regret is to have weakened the candidate (for president-Ed) that I support Then, Edouard Balladur, and not being able to serve. "
" I am a case in French politics. Officials from other parties have been convictions. This is not my case. I had trouble but I never suffered more attacks than definitive media, "he added.
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