A special French court has ordered an investigation of three current or former government ministers over their handling of the coronavirus crisis.
A special French court ordered an investigation Friday of three current or former government ministers over their handling of the coronavirus crisis.
The court, which deals with cases against top officials, said in a statement Friday that it threw out 44 of the 90 complaints, and is still studying 37 of them.the court’s announcement, Health Minister Olivier Veran or the former health minister, Agnes Buzyn.They are accused of “failing to fight a disaster,” and could face up to two years in prison and fines, if tried and convicted.
Ten of the cases were closed because they didn’t provide enough justification for an investigation, according to a judicial official. The court said another 34 cases, targeting different government ministers, were thrown out for technical problems. On Friday, the French leader named as the new prime minister a longtime civil servant who coordinated France’s strategy to reopen and recover economically from a two-month nationwide lockdown.
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