Deputy Mayor of Toulouse Laurence Arribagé is sent back to prison. She is suspected of attempted electoral destabilization of Corinne Vignon. They were opponents of the 2017 legislative elections.
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Laurence Arribagé will have to explain the suspicions of an attempted electoral destabilization against Corinne Vignon, his opponent during the 2017 legislative elections. The Deputy Mayor of Toulouse is referred to the Paris Criminal Courtlet us know theAgence France Presse Tuesday 20 September.
The current president of the federation Les Républicains de la Haute-Garonne will be tried for concealing defamatory complaints, concealment of violation of professional secrecy and concealment of illegal interests, as had been indicated. Media coverage earlier this week. Two other people will also be judged: Marc Menvielle, former number two in public finance in Occitania, and Frédéric Sartorelli, Corinne Vignon’s former employer.
Facts that did not stop Corinne Vignon from beating Laurence Arribagé
The facts date back between the two rounds of the 2017 legislative elections. At the time, Laurence Arribagé was then an outgoing LR deputy in the third constituency of Haute-Garonne. She was against Corinne Vignon, with the colors of La République en Marche. The latter was the subject of a complaint of occult work launched by Marc Menvielle. He launched the accusation without informing his hierarchy and without prior investigation, with the complicity of a magistrate.
Corinne Vignon was still elected. During the opening of the judicial investigation in 2021, the Toulouse prosecutor’s office referred to “a fraudulent and concerted enterprise aimed at interfering in this campaign”. The current MP is an amateur astrologer. She made three horoscopes a few years ago for an amount of around 200 euros, but she didn’t bother to declare them. The prosecution closed the proceedings without further action, considering the facts mocked.
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