The humanist federal deputy must be tried after failing to pay a speeding ticket.
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VSIs information from RTBF. The House Prosecution Committee authorized the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of federal deputy Georges Dallemagne (cdH). The accusation against the humanist federal deputy is a speeding offense that dates back to July 11, 2018.
Flashed at 88km / h (corrected to 82km / h) in an urban area where the maximum speed is 50km / h, Georges Dallemagne avoided appearance before the police court, following a transaction proposed to him by the public prosecutor of ” an amount of 363 euros. Fine that the member never paid. Consequence: the public prosecutor wishes to summon Georges Dallemagne before the police court, which requires the lifting of his parliamentary immunity.
Dallemagne does not dispute
Last month, the prosecution committee of the Parliament seized the file and concluded, unanimously, to lift the immunity of the parliamentarian. A decision that still needs to be confirmed in plenary session in the House. What Georges Dallemagne does not object to. He wants to be judged like any other person, as he told RTBF: “I myself told the commission that I was not opposed to a waiver of my immunity (…). I do not dispute that I drove too fast (…). I also do not dispute that I was negligent in paying the fine. I paid but too late. “
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