2023-04-24 08:44:29
However, people refer to instructions given regarding powers of attorney for elderly people living in retirement homes. “I gave no instructions to anyone, and I was not aware of messages exchanged between two other people, I do not explain them.“
On the Sunday of the elections, Dimitri Fourny was in his office at the commune, “completely by chance“. He invited his family members to join him, following the unexpected arrival of a lady with four proxies.”I do not dispute that these proxies were forged, but I discovered it in the law enforcement file.”
‘No active role’
Other powers of attorney have been given to relatives. However, he does not know how his sister came into possession of powers of attorney for the retirement home, Clos des Seigneurs. Me Mayence, for the civil parties, notes that the mother of the former mayor received proxies from the hands of her son, on the morning of the elections, around 11:00 a.m. The defendant’s sponsor says the same thing. “I had no active role in it, nor took any initiative“, answers Dimitri Fourny.
The other defendants pointed to Francine Bossicart as the instigator of this case. But the question is whether she acted under the orders of the bourgmestre or not.
In its indictment, the public prosecutor referred to “an attack on democratic values“, introducing Dimitri Fourny as “a leader who abuses vulnerable people“. A work sentence has been requested (or a one-year suspended sentence), as well as a period of ineligibility for a period of ten years. His lawyers will speak on Monday followingnoon.
As a reminder, the investigation, initiated by the Luxembourg public prosecutor’s office, revealed the existence of around ten litigious powers of attorney within a retirement home, “The Clos des Seigneurs“The purpose of these proxies was to assign additional votes to the list”Act together” of the outgoing mayor Dimitri Fourny. In the end, this list won an absolute majority with 16 votes. Eight months later, a new ballot was organized in Neufchâteau. This time, the list “Act together“lost the absolute majority and was returned to the opposition.
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