The former Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn estimated on Saturday on RMC that his honor was “washed” after the cancellation on January 20 by the Court of Cassation of his indictment in the investigation into the government’s management of the Covid-19 epidemic.
“Justice passed, canceled my indictment, which means that I was never indicted. It’s a way for me to clear my honor and resume the course of my life”, welcomed the one who was at the helm of the Ministry of Health at the start of the Covid-19 epidemic, until February. 2020.
“No one wants to talk anymore”
Buzyn was indicted on September 10, 2021 by the investigating commission of the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR). On January 20, the Court of Cassation quashed this indictment, ruling that “the offense of endangering others can only be charged against a person if a law or regulation imposes a particular obligation of prudence or security”, which was not the case here.
For Buzyn, a criminal investigation into the government’s management of Covid-19 “makes the emergence of the truth more difficult, because no one really wants to talk anymore” despite “a need for feedback”. “This judicialization of French political life poses a certain risk to our collective ability to learn from a crisis,” said the defeated candidate for mayor of Paris in 2020.
A return to politics planned?
Buzyn considered on Saturday “misinterpreted” the sentence reported by The world in October: “Not only had I seen but warned. I was, by far in Europe, the most alert minister. But everyone didn’t care. »
The ex-minister explained that it was wrongly said that this sentence was “against the government and the executive”, while it was aimed at “medical and scientific experts” whose awareness was after her “late, including by the World Health Organization (WHO)”. Buzyn did not, in the end, close the door to a return to politics: “I will see what the future offers me. »