At the end of last year, the political news in Dour was marked by major changes within the municipal college. Two aldermen related to MR, Pierre Carton and Patrick Poli, were targeted by a motion of no confidence. Since then, tensions have remained particularly high on the political scene. This Thursday, the conclusions of the working group set up to study various documents from the Center Sportif d’Élouges / Dour will be presented to the municipal council.
The meeting will be invited to read the report of the company auditor, requested to shed light on potential misappropriation. “The file will be submitted to the king’s prosecutor”confirms Carlo Di Antonio (Dour Tomorrow). “Falsified, tipexated invoices were discovered, as well as invoices paid by the sports center when it was not the beneficiary of the expenses.”
According to the auditor’s report, these invoices were intended for a “private association, tenant of the sports center annex.” It also highlights “non-compliance with the agreement concluded between the CSED and the non-profit association SOSE, a dispute concerning the conclusion of a contract with Orange, with suspicion of identity theft, a statement of payments made from the CSED account for 2020 and 2022 of expenses inherent in the operation of the ASBL SOSE”. The report speaks in particular of maintenance of beer pumps and fire insurance.
The complaint will be lodged once morest X because we cannot certify, at this stage, the identity of the author. The mayor of Dour further specifies that “the amounts mentioned are not colossal, we are talking regarding 5,000 to 10,000 euros. But we cannot let this pass.“The first debates will be conducted within the municipal council, in public session. “We are talking regarding public funds, within a municipal non-profit organization in which local representatives sit. The camera is not justified.” The report concerns the 2021-2022 activities of the ASBL.
It will be recalled that the presidency of the Elouges/Dour Sports Club was chaired by the former alderman Patrick Poli until 2018 and then by Marcel De Raijmaelker until last January. The public prosecutor will be seized at the end of the municipal council of this Thursday, it will be up to him to establish the facts or not, and thus the responsibilities.