Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, March 11, 2024 in Paris (AFP/Archives/Anne-Christine POUJOULAT)
The Minister of Culture Rachida Dati has summoned the chairman of the board of directors of Renault, Jean-Dominique Senard, to court for obstructing justice and failing to testify in favor of an innocent person, the Nanterre prosecutor’s office said. ‘AFP, confirming information from Nouvel Obs.
“I confirm that a hearing date for recording has been given for this direct quote recorded on April 2,” said the public prosecutor.
Ms. Dati applied to the Nanterre criminal court via the so-called “direct summons” procedure in order to have Mr. Senard appear on May 23.
In this act, cited by Le Nouvel Obs, the minister’s lawyer accuses Mr. Senard of having “concealed and caused to be concealed from the French justice system essential documents likely to exonerate Madame Rachida Dati of the offenses with which she is accused” .
Nicolas Sarkozy’s former Minister of Justice and former European Member of Parliament is indicted for corruption and passive influence peddling by a person vested with a public elective mandate since July 2021, in the investigation into contracts entered into by a subsidiary of Renault-Nissan when Carlos Ghosn was its CEO.
In the quote, Ms. Dati’s counsel asserts that “the goal sought by Jean-Dominique Senard was to overwhelm Carlos Ghosn with a general desire to denigrate and criticize the choices of his predecessor”, with “a clear desire for omerta , intended to artificially overwhelm Madame Rachida Dati to reach Carlos Ghosn”.
the chairman of the board of directors of Renault, Jean-Dominique Senard, on December 6, 2023 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris (AFP/Archives/Alain JOCARD)
“Mr. Senard is calm about this new action, which is unfounded neither in law nor in fact”, reacted to AFP Me Antonin Levy, Mr. Senard’s lawyer.
“Since taking office, the company has cooperated fully with the judicial authorities and responded to all requests issued by them and aimed at obtaining the documents allowing the judge to form an opinion on the activities of Madame Dati,” said added the council.
Contacted by AFP, Ms. Dati’s lawyer did not react immediately.
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