2023-11-16 16:30:34
Fight once morest corruption: Anticor no longer has its approval!
This Thursday, November 16, 2023, the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal confirmed the cancellation of Anticor’s approval. The association had benefited from this approval since 2015 and it was renewed in 2021 by Jean Castex, then Prime Minister, for a period of 3 years. By this decision, the association loses its right to become a civil party in cases of corruption and embezzlement of public funds.
The president of Anticor, Elise Van Beneden, did not hide her shock and indignation, describing the situation as “ completely ludicrous ». The decision of the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal has a direct impact on the 160 legal proceedings launched by the associationand some of which are large-scale, as is the case for example with the affair over the controversial awarding of the Football World Cup to Qatar or the investigation targeting Alexis Kohler, Secretary General of the Élysée
Against all expectations, the CAA confirms the judgment of 1st instance, annulling the#approval Anticor anti-corruption.
This judgment comes while the services of the Prime Minister @Elisabeth_Borne confirmed that Anticor fulfilled the conditions for granting approval pic.twitter.com/XW2aPyi9P0— Anticor (@anticor_org) November 16, 2023
What is the outlook for Anticor?
The approval granted so far to Anticor is unique in its kind. Only other associations have it: Sherpa and Transparency International. Founded in 2002 by Éric Halphen and Séverine Teissier, the Anticor association has succeeded in establishing itself as a key player in the fight once morest corruption, largely thanks to its independence and its exclusively private financing, as it likes to point out. the president of the association, Elise Van Beneden: “ Anticor is a UFO. It does not accept public subsidies, refuses corporate donations. Its financing comes from contributions from its members and donations from individuals. This is extremely rare in how it works. »
However, it is precisely this supposed independence which was partly criticized once morest the association by the Administrative Court of Appeal. The Court considered that the conditions were not met at the time of granting the approval, despite the corrective measures adopted by the association. According to specialists in criminal procedure, although few cases are threatened with cancellation, certain points of the procedure might be contested. The loss of this approval risks slowing down the progress of investigations, particularly those where Anticor played an active role in collaboration with whistleblowers.
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