Les étapes de l’enquête sur la gestion gouvernementale du Covid

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Des premières plaintes au placement sous statut de témoin assisté de l’ex-Premier ministre Édouard Philippe, voici les grandes étapes de l’enquête sur…

Des premières plaintes au placement sous statut de témoin assisté de l’ex-Premier ministre Édouard Philippe, voici les grandes étapes de l’enquête sur la gestion gouvernementale du Covid.

Premières plaintes

Le 25 mars 2020, soit huit jours après le début du premier confinement, cinq premières plaintes contre des membres du gouvernement visant leur gestion de la pandémie de Covid-19 sont enregistrées par la Cour de justice de la République (CJR).

Elles émanent de particuliers, de médecins, d’associations et visent le Premier ministre Édouard Philippe, l’ex-ministre de la Santé Agnès Buzyn (qui a quitté ses fonctions le 16 février pour se présenter aux municipales à Paris) ou son successeur Olivier Véran.

Les plaignants les accusent, selon les cas, de mise en danger de la vie d’autrui, d’homicide involontaire, de non-assistance à personne en danger ou de s’être abstenus de prendre à temps des mesures pour endiguer l’épidémie. 

Ouverture d’une enquête

Le 7 juillet, la CJR ouvre une enquête pour “abstention de combattre un sinistre”, neuf plaintes, parmi les 90 reçues par la CJR, ayant été jugées recevables.

Stocks de masques insuffisants, problème d’approvisionnement, risque épidémique sous-estimé: l’enquête s’intéresse à l’anticipation et la gestion au quotidien de l’épidémie.

D’autres plaintes jugées recevables seront ensuite jointes au dossier.

Perquisitions

Début septembre, la Cour commence ses auditions. Le 15 octobre, les domiciles et bureaux de MM. Véran et Philippe, de Mme Buzyn et de l’ancienne porte-parole du gouvernement, Sibeth Ndiaye, sont perquisitionnés.

D’autres perquisitions ont lieu chez le directeur général de la Santé Jérôme Salomon et la directrice générale de Santé Publique France, Geneviève Chêne.

Les plaintes se multiplient

En novembre, la CJR juge irrecevable une plainte contre Jean Castex, qui a succédé à Édouard Philippe à Matignon le 3 juillet. La plainte avait été déposée par une association de victimes estimant que le gouvernement continuait de “naviguer à vue”.

En janvier 2021, l’association Anticor porte plainte contre Olivier Véran pour “favoritisme” dans la gestion de l’application “Stop Covid” devenue TousAntiCovid.

Le 30 mars, un collectif d’enseignants porte plainte contre le ministre de l’Éducation nationale, Jean-Michel Blanquer, accusé de “ne pas protéger les personnels en contact avec les enfants” qui “répandent le virus” du Covid-19.

Agnès Buzyn mise en examen

Le 10 septembre 2021, Agnès Buzyn est mise en examen pour “mise en danger de la vie d’autrui”. Elle est par ailleurs placée sous le statut plus favorable de témoin assisté pour “abstention volontaire de combattre un sinistre”.

Le 18 octobre 2022, Édouard Philippe est entendu par la CJR et placé sous le statut de témoin assisté pour mise en danger de la vie d’autrui et abstention volontaire de combattre un sinistre.

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JPs encouraged to sign up for Government email accounts Loop Jamaica

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Justices of the Peace (JPs) are encouraged to sign up for their newly launched Government of Jamaica JP email accounts, to improve access by citizens and other stakeholders.

The call came from the Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, at the official launch and sensitisation session for the email accounts, which was hosted virtually on Thursday (October 20).

This move will see custodes and JPs islandwide being accessible to the public via their government email account, which has the format firstname.lastname@jp.gov.jm.

“It is important for all JPs to be easily accessible by one email address that everyone will know. That means that you may have two or three addresses, but we urge you, JPs, to sign up on the JP emails so that the Ministry of Justice, the custodes [and] citizens of the country, can easily know how to get in touch with you,” Mr. Chuck implored.

“It will [also] be very easy to contact one another because we are using just the first and last names. Please pass on the message [about the email accounts] to the others,” the Minister urged the JPs.

Meanwhile, Minister of Science, Energy, and Technology, Daryl Vaz, said the email addresses represent another bold step towards a technology-enabled Jamaican society that is secure, cohesive, and just.

“I must applaud Minister Chuck and his team for the significant work that has been done to incorporate more technology in the provision of justice services for a more effective justice system,” Vaz said.

“This email system is directly aligned with our effort to facilitate digital access and inclusion for a better Jamaica,” he added.

Mr. Vaz noted that the email accounts not only facilitate access but also possess enhanced security measures and have ample storage.

He explained that the goal of the country is to become a digital society by 2030, adding that “underpinning the creation of this digital society are the considerations related to digital rights and responsibilities, digital privacy and security, digital access and digital commerce”.

“Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have taken note of the wide-ranging use of the technology in the justice system to facilitate access and quality services to our clients,” Mr. Vaz said.

During the session, custodes and JPs across the island were instructed on how to utilise their email accounts.

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All-clear not yet declared for Avian flu outbreak

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BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Oct. 20, 2022

The Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) has not officially declared the end of the Avian flu outbreak that was confirmed to have been detected in Belize over a month ago. Since early September, government ministries have been monitoring an outbreak of Avian Influenza on poultry farms in Shipyard and Blue Creek in northern Belize. A Cabinet release recently confirmed, however, that—in the wake of a depopulation exercise that involved the killing of tens of thousands of chickens—the results of all the tests conducted by BAHA and sent to United States labs for detection of the virus have been negative.

The manager of the Belize Poultry Association, Armando Cowo, confirmed in an interview yesterday, however, that an all-clear has still not been declared in Belize, since some samples are still abroad being tested. As a result, they are not yet able to assess the losses caused by this recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Belize.

“We don’t have an update on the losses, because we have not done that, because we are waiting until the event is closed by BAHA; it needs to be officially closed. Although the Minister of Agriculture went to Cabinet and told them that it is all contained and so on, we need to have the event closed by BAHA, legally closed,” Cowo said.

It is to be noted that at this time, SI 128 is still in effect, and until it is repealed, losses in the poultry industry caused by the outbreak cannot be definitively determined.

While he confirmed that we are seeing the end of the outbreak, since all the results of overseas testing that have so far been returned have been negative, there is one more batch that has not been returned to BAHA yet. “At the moment most of the restrictions has been lifted, and the industry is operating almost normally,” Cowo said.

He confirmed that there are no potential shortages of poultry products at this time, nor are any foreseen in the short term.

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FIFA slams unacceptable TV deal offers for Women’s World Cup Loop Jamaica

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Broadcasters were criticized by FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Saturday for what he called unacceptably low offers for rights to screen the Women’s World Cup next year.

Offers of just 1% of the value of men’s World Cup rights deals have been rejected, Infantino said, for the tournament that starts in July in Australia and New Zealand.

The men’s World Cup has driven FIFA’s expected overall income toward $7 billion for the four-year commercial cycle that ends in December after that tournament in Qatar.

“100 times less, even more than 100 times in some occasions, then this is not acceptable,” the FIFA leader said at a news conference ahead of the finals tournament draw. “I don’t want to mention them, but those who are there, they know it.”

The time zones in Australia and New Zealand mean many games, especially in the group stage, will be played in the nighttime hours in lucrative markets in Europe and the Americas.

“We are not going to accept this,” Infantino said of the broadcast offers, “because we know that the viewing figures for these broadcasters in some big footballing countries for the men’s World Cup or for the Women’s World Cup are actually very similar … meaning their commercial income is very similar for men and for women.”

Infantino took a further jibe at broadcasters who he said pushed FIFA to treat women’s soccer more equally on issues such as World Cup prize money.

The 32 teams at the men’s World Cup in Qatar will share $440 million in prize money, while a prize fund of $60 million was proposed for the first 32-team women’s edition in 2023.

“In some countries, they are quite good at telling us … that we should give more emphasis on equal opportunities, on equality, on non-discrimination, on treating men and women in the same way which is, of course, what we have to do, and we try to do that to the best of our ability,” Infantino said.

“It’s important that everyone puts actions, as well, behind words and we all start to treat women’s football the same way.”

FIFA has changed the commercial model for the Women’s World Cup to earn its own income instead of simply being packaged as an add-on for broadcasters and sponsors doing deals for the men’s tournament.

Infantino suggested a further push for equality for women’s soccer, noting that Olympic tournaments have 16 men’s teams and only 12 for women.

“Women should have 16 teams as well at the Olympic Games,” he said. “These are some discussions we are going to have.”

Adding four women’s teams would need more than 70 athlete quota places when the International Olympic Committee is asking some governing bodies to make cuts to help find space for new sports and control organizers’ costs.

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Nottingham Forest shock Liverpool in 1-0 win Loop Jamaica

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Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi, second right, celebrates with his team-mates after scoring during the English Premier League match against Liverpool, at the City Ground, in Nottingham, England, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP).

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NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest produced a shock to beat Liverpool 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday.

The last-place team at the start of the day secured only their second win of the season in the game at the City Ground.

Taiwo Awoniyi scored the only goal of the match in the 55th-minute to end Liverpool’s mini-revival, which saw them beat Rangers, Manchester City and West Ham in their previous three games.

Awoniyi was on the books at Anfield for six years without ever playing for the first team, but he produced the decisive moment to lift Forest off the foot of the table.

The win eases the pressure on Forest manager Steve Cooper, who also used to coach at Liverpool.

Forest took the lead 10 minutes into the second half when a free-kick found Steve Cook on the right-hand side. His cross was struck against the post by Ryan Yates, but Awoniyi was on hand to turn the rebound into an empty net.

Morgan Gibbs-White then saw another effort blocked by James Milner, which would have doubled the home team’s lead.

Liverpool’s fight back saw Forest goalkeeper Dean Henderson palm away a Trent Alexander-Arnold header in the final 10 minutes.

In return, Alisson denied Yates late on before Henderson stopped a powerful header from Virgil van Dijk to secure the famous win.

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$489M in marijuana, shotguns found at 2 camps along Berbice River

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A joint-services operation on Friday along the Berbice River in Region Six, has resulted in the discovery of a large quantity of marijuana and two firearms at separate camps.

The narcotics eradication exercise was conducted at DeVeldt Savannah in the Berbice River, by officers and ranks from the Guyana Police Force’s Marine Section and Narcotics Branch, along with ranks from the Guyana Defence Force’s Coast Guard between 05:00 hours to 14:00 hours.

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Gestion du Covid: convoqué par la CJR, Edouard Philippe échappe à une mise en examen

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Convoqué pour s’expliquer sur la gestion gouvernementale de l’épidémie de Covid-19 devant la Cour de justice de la République (CJR), l’ancien Premier ministre Édouard Philippe a échappé mardi à une mise en examen et été placé sous le statut…

Convoqué pour s’expliquer sur la gestion gouvernementale de l’épidémie de Covid-19 devant la Cour de justice de la République (CJR), l’ancien Premier ministre Édouard Philippe a échappé mardi à une mise en examen et été placé sous le statut plus favorable de témoin assisté dans ce dossier.

A l’issue mardi d’un interrogatoire de première comparution, les trois juges de la commission d’instruction de la CJR ont placé le maire du Havre sous le statut intermédiaire de témoin assisté pour mise en danger de la vie d’autrui et abstention volontaire de combattre un sinistre, a indiqué samedi une source proche du dossier, confirmant une information de Franceinfo.

Contacté par l’AFP, son avocat, Me Emmanuel Marsigny, n’a pas souhaité faire de commentaires.

Les magistrats envisageaient initialement de le mettre en examen, mais ont finalement estimé qu’ils n’avaient pas à ce stade réuni les indices graves ou concordants nécessaires pour engager des poursuites.

S’il n’est pas mis en examen ultérieurement, Édouard Philippe ne pourra pas être renvoyé devant la formation de jugement de la CJR, seule juridiction habilitée à poursuivre et juger des membres du gouvernement pour des crimes ou délits commis dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions.

Sa convocation devant la CJR avait été annoncée pour le 24 octobre mais l’interrogatoire a été avancé d’une semaine.

L’ex-Premier ministre (2017–2020), aujourd’hui président du parti politique proche de la majorité présidentielle Horizons et donné parmi les prétendants à la présidentielle de 2027, se voit reprocher par certain de ne pas avoir ordonné de mesures de protection en faveur du personnel soignant et des travailleurs exposés, ni d’avoir anticipé l’épidémie malgré les alertes.

Selon Le Monde, il devait également s’expliquer sur le maintien du premier tour des élections municipales le 15 mars alors que les contaminations s’intensifiaient, et sur l’activation tardive de la cellule interministérielle de crise (CIC) le 17 mars.

“Je conteste vigoureusement les incriminations qui me sont reprochées”, avait assuré le 9 octobre au Parisien M. Philippe.

Masques

Les magistrats de la CJR, qui enquêtent depuis le 7 juillet 2020 sur la gestion gouvernementale de la crise, ont mis en examen en septembre 2021 Agnès Buzyn, ministre de la Santé entre mai 2017 et février 2020 et désormais à l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), pour mise en danger de la vie d’autrui.

Ils l’ont en revanche placée sous le statut de témoin assisté pour abstention volontaire de combattre un sinistre.

“Depuis le début je ne pensais qu’à une seule chose: au coronavirus. On aurait dû tout arrêter, c’était une mascarade”, avait-elle déclaré au Monde le 17 mars 2020 au sujet du processus électoral, alors que la France se confinait.

L’ex-ministre de la Santé Olivier Véran, aujourd’hui porte-parole du gouvernement, est également visé par cette instruction mais n’a pas encore été entendu. 

“Sur les masques, nous nous sommes trompés, ni plus ni moins”, a-t-il reconnu en septembre à la sortie d’un livre, présentant ses “excuses”.

En mars 2020, alors que l’épidémie de Covid-19 déferlait en France, les autorités sanitaires avaient jugé “inutile” l’élargissement du port du masque à toute la population. Au même moment, la France manquait de masques. 

Le chef de l’État, Emmanuel Macron, est lui irresponsable pénalement des actes réalisés dans l’exercice de ses fonctions.

Dans cette affaire, plusieurs perquisitions avaient été menées en octobre 2020, notamment aux domiciles et bureaux de MM. Véran et Philippe, de Mme Buzyn et de l’ex-membre du gouvernement Sibeth Ndiaye.

En parallèle, des juges d’instruction du pôle Santé publique de Paris enquêtent depuis novembre 2020 sur les responsabilités de l’administration de l’État, également mise en cause par plusieurs centaines de plaignants. 

A ce jour, selon les chiffres de Santé publique France, l’épidémie de Covid-19 a provoqué 156.000 décès en France.

Par le passé, deux Premiers ministres ont été mis en examen par la CJR, puis relaxés: Laurent Fabius pour l’affaire du sang contaminé et Édouard Balladur dans l’affaire du financement occulte de sa campagne présidentielle de 1995.

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Boris Johnson returns to UK amidst rumours he will run for PM Loop Jamaica

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Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to Britain on Saturday morning, ahead of a possible tilt at reclaiming his former job.

Johnson was ousted by a series of ethics scandals just three months ago, but boarded a flight back to London from his vacation in the Dominican Republic, days after the dramatic resignation of his successor, Liz Truss.

Johnson has not officially said he is running but some allies in the parliamentary party have been loudly calling for his return. Tory lawmakers wishing to enter the race must secure the backing of 100 of their colleagues by 2pm on Monday.

A return by Johnson would be an astonishing recovery for a polarising figure forced out by a welter of ethics scandals. Opponents say giving him another chance would only lead to more controversy and disappointment.

The leadership uncertainty comes at a time of weak economic growth and as millions struggle with higher borrowing costs and rising prices for groceries, fuel and other basics. A growing wave of strikes by train and postal workers, lawyers and others has revealed mounting discontent as a recession looms.

Truss quit Thursday after a turbulent 45 days, conceding that she could not deliver on her tax-cutting economic package, which she was forced to abandon after it caused turmoil in financial markets.

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