Case Fillon : the note that was planning to postpone the presidential election

François Hollande and French prime minister François Fillon, on February 22, 2017.

February 2, 2017, Bernard Rullier, political advisor to François Hollande at the Elysée palace, were handed a note to the president of the Republic on the possibility of postponing the presidential election. A week earlier, on 25 January, the Prosecutor’s office, national financial had opened a preliminary investigation against François Fillon and his wife for embezzlement of public funds. On June 29, 2020, were condemned to heavy sentences and have appealed. ” We had to anticipate, says the ex-advisor. if applicable, it would be supported on the article 7 of the Constitution : ” If […] one of the per…

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