Following the book Raptors (Les Arènes edition), written by the journalist from The Obs Camille Vigogne Le Coat, the Draguignan public prosecutor’s office will open an investigation into the town hall of Fréjus, in the Var, headed by the elected representative of the National Rally David Rachline, indicated the public prosecutor of Draguignan Pierre Couttenier.
“This is a continuation of the book,” he added, not wishing to specify the heads of the investigation or whether one or more complaints had been filed following its publication at the beginning of November. According to The Obswhich quotes the prosecutor, this “preliminary investigation” concerns “cases involving the award of public contracts and cases possibly suggestive of illegal taking of interest and favoritism”.
Town hall management called into question
The book denounces the lifestyle of the far-right councilor, unrelated to his elected compensation. He also accuses him of arrangements with a powerful local construction contractor for the award of public contracts, far from the exemplary image claimed by his party, and relays the mayor’s drunken evenings, where racist remarks and gestures were made. anti-Semitic.
“It is quite standard for the prosecution to open an investigation to find out whether what is indicated in this book is true or not. I find that quite natural at the moment,” reacted Marine Le Pen, president of the RN group at the National Assembly, guest of the Grand Rendez-Vous Europe1/CNews/Les Echos.
Contacted, David Rachline, who declared several weeks ago that in his opinion there is “not one factual element which tends to demonstrate that the procedures are not respected” for public contracts, was not reachable in immediately to comment on this opening of an investigation. For around ten years, he has been running this seaside town of 56,000 inhabitants, which has been established as a showcase for the Lepéniste project.