PS mayor of Lille Martine Aubry has been permanently put out of due Tuesday in a folder of health scandal of asbestos, which earned him an indictment in 2012 to facts dating 30 years.
umpteenth twist in the proceedings opened in 1997, the Court of Cassation dismissed an appeal against the cancellation of the indictment of former minister and seven others in the investigation of the poisoning of employees of the Valeo factory Ferodo-Condé-sur-Noireau ( Calvados).
Former judge Marie-Odile Bertella-Geffroy investigation had broadened the range of investigations in search of any national responsibilities in managing the asbestos issue and the role of Asbestos Standing Committee (CPA), industrial lobby that lobbied effectively “controlled use” of this substance to delay a maximum ban, finally intervened in 1997.
Martine Aubry was set examination in November 2012 for “involuntary homicide and injuries” for his role between 1984 and 1987 the Ministry of Labour, she was director of labor relations. The former boss of the PS has always claimed to have acted on the era of knowledge to best protect employees.
“The dismissal of Martine Aubry is finally final, it is entirely completely satisfied “, on Wednesday welcomed his lawyer Yves Baudelot, regretting that these proceedings have not been canceled earlier.
The Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Paris in June, setting aside the eight indictments noting that the accused persons were not “in the context of the time scientific data, measure the risk of particular gravity which they would have exposed the victims” and that ‘no negligence could be attributed in their regulatory oversight
As a result of the judgment. the file is returned to its local dimension, since among the eight people who remain under investigation, six former directors or employees of the factory in Condé-sur-Noireau
-. ‘Bankruptcy of the judiciary’ –
The National Defense Victims Association asbestos (Andeva), which campaigns for a “show trial” of a disaster can cause up to 100,000 deaths by 2025, has rebelled against this decision, seen as illustration of “bankruptcy the judiciary. “
” The trial record shows that there was indeed an accurate knowledge of the risk at the time for cancers by people who were in charge of the case and did nothing, “he told AFP Michel Parigot, an official of the Andeva. “If under these conditions, the institution is not able to judge -on does not even of condamner- then it means that you can not judge the health business in France,” he lamented, pleading for reform of the penal code regarding these issues.
“The Court of Cassation brings the Condé folder to a simple matter of health and safety in the company,” lamented Michel Ledoux, a lawyers Andeva. “How many people does it kill to make it a public health issue?”
In two other investigations relating to asbestos -The one iconic Parisian Jussieu university campus and the shipyard the Normed in Dunkirk (North) – the highest court Tuesday overturned two decisions had canceled indictments. The Court of Cassation referred these cases to the investigating chamber of the Court of Appeal of Paris, which will rule again.
The carcinogenicity of asbestos has been known since the 50s but the first decree regulating its use in France dates only from 1977 and its ban in 1997. In 2005, a Senate report had overwhelmed the government for its “mismanagement” of the asbestos issue, held responsible by health authorities 10% to 20% of lung cancers
4/14/2015 4:54:08 p.m.. – Paris (AFP) – By Sylvain PEUCHMAURD and Jacques CLEMENT – © 2015 AFP
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