Shortly after 10:00 a.m. this Friday, the ax fell: the president of the Guadeloupe region was convicted, in the case in which he was prosecuted for “breach of trust” and electoral expenses that exceeded the legal limit. Specifically, Ary Chalus is banned for two years. Three of his co-defendants were also convicted. Fred Madinécouty was released.
Nadine Fadel, with Christelle Théophile • Published on January 12, 2024 at 10:29 a.m., updated on January 12, 2024 at 11:05 a.m
As expected, this Friday, January 12, 2024, the Criminal Court of Basse-Terre held its deliberations in the so-called “Ary Chalus” case, after the two-day trial of October 12 and 13. The President of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe was prosecuted during the campaign for the 2015 regional elections for “breach of trust” and electoral expenses that exceeded the legal limit. Four other defendants were arrested on their charges. appears today.
Ary Chalus was sentenced to a two-year ban, a 15-month suspended sentence, a fine of 25,000 euros and a three-year ban from membership in a club..
Fred Madinécouty, the former general manager of services for the Greater South Caribbean Urban Community, was acquitted while the court applied the 2017 Probity Act.
Pie Eustache, deputy president of the cultural and sports association Baie-Mahaultienne Alliance, which paid Ary Chalus's campaign expenses, received a three-month suspended sentence and a fine of 3,000 euros. He is also banned from membership in a club office for three years and faces a two-year disqualification.
Georges Daubin, deputy mayor of Baie-Mahault at the time of the events, was also given a six-month suspended sentence and a fine of 6,000 euros; He will also be deprived of his right to vote for two years.
Dominique Descombes, the financial agent of Ary Chalus and treasurer of the Baie Mahaultienne Alliance, received a nine-month suspended sentence, a fine of 6,000 euros and a three-year ban from being a member of an association office, while his co-defendants received a two-year ban.
As a reminder, in this legal case, Victorin Lurel, Hilaire Brudey Marie-Camille Mounien and the Guadeloupean Federation of the Socialist Party had become civil parties; everyone was absent today.
The victims included the Association for the Defense of Taxpayers and Citizens of Guadeloupe and the Baie-Mahaultienne Alliance.
The court's decision will be published in the Official Gazette.
Those convicted have ten days to appeal the decision. If this stage is passed, there will be no provisional enforcement of the court decision. If there is no appeal, the president of the Guadeloupe region will be suspended after ten days.
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