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ANOHER FRENCH CLIENTELISM FORMER INA CEO AGNES SAAL IS HIRED BY CULTURE MINISTRY
CAUSES OUTRAGE FOR EXCESSIVE TAXI FEES
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The revelation by the press, of the matter of Agnes Saal, puts Fleur Pellerin, French minister of Culture in a position of weakness and so does her socialist party. Indeed, Agnes Saal had to resign from his position as INA's CEO, after the press published her excessive taxi fares of 40 000€.
THE FRENCH PRESS EXPLAINS AGNES SAAL (STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION ADMINISTRATIVE) IS REHIRED AT MINISTRY DUE TO CLIENTELISM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The matter of Agnes Saal, revealed by the press puts Fleur Pellerin, French minister of Culture in a position of weakness and so does her socialist party. Indeed, Agnes Saal had to resign from his position as CEO of INA, after the press has published her incomprehensible and excessive taxi expenses of € 40,000 in a year. A month later, although under administrative investigation, was offered a position in charge of mission at the Ministry of Culture. INA employees (National Institute of Archives) are both shocked and angry because they believe that their former CEO, has promoted instead of being punished, even if it has been pinned on excessive taxi fares of € 40,000 in a year, between 2014 and 2015.
Agnès Saal, responded to the journalist Saliha from Petit Journal at TV channel Canal Plus, managed to ask her questions by telephone, contacting her via the standard phone of "Ministry of Culture"/ Here is an excerpt of the interview on Petit Journal TV.
- Petit Journal: Hello are you Agnes Saal?
- Agnes SaaI: Yes
- Petit Journal: Are you working already at the ministry of culture?
-Agnes SaaI: Yes
- Petit Journal: Your have been appointed as " Very special assistant on the forecast issues of jobs and skills"? What does that mean?
-Agnes SaaI - Well I wait to kick off to start up with my job mission
-Petit Journal: Have you got an account TAXI G7 at the Minister of Culture ?
-Agnès Saal: No (Referring to the case notes of excessive costs at INA).
Everyone understands between the lines that this post was tailored to Agnes Sall, the ministry of culture.
Le Figaro (French journal) published that "this is the lotto for life, when one is a public officer in France". The only problem is that only his rank officials are able to notice, which still reduces the scope of its disgrace, especially since it retains information taken a salary of 7 to 8000 € somewhat reminiscent to "Keno" (French Lottery) ensuring the winner for good, the French Games, where the winner will ensure an annual income of 100,000 euros up at the end of his days, even if he never goes to the office.
"Cancels and replaced, the choice of Fleur Pellerin in favor of Agnès Saal. By accepting, as if nothing had happened in appearance, the return of the former president of the INA in the Ministry of Culture following his resignation due to unjustified notes taxis, Fleur Pellerin (French Minister of Culture) cancels the penalty and replaces it with a promotion. That is unbearable". published the weekly journal "Challenges".
AGNES SAAL CASE RECALLS THE THEVENOUD AND CAHUZAC AFFAIRS-----------------------------------------------
The case recalls the case Thévenoud French former secretary of State for Foreign Trade, fired on october 2014, for not declaring his income tax for 3 years.
Previously Jérome Cahuzac, French Minister of budget was fired in march 2013, after the press revealed he got swiss accounts, although he denied he was holding such secret bank account at HSBC.
(See article FRANCE SSTILL SHAKEN BY A MINI EARTHQUAKE, ANOTHER FINANCIAL POLITICAL SCANDAL http://www.newsrama.uspa24.com/bericht-2680/france-still-shaken-by-a-mini-earthquake.html).
The Agnès Saal case comes to revive bad memories to the socialist left, often referred to cronyism, and privilege, to cronyism. Integrity and exemplarity claimed to by the policies of the left wing are the costs to pay, after all these scandals to a high level of public service.
THE CONTEXT: THE CASE OF AGNES SALL CEO OF INA (NATIONAL ARCHIVES INSTITUTE)----------------------
Agnès Sall, submitted a bill of costs paid by the institute € 40,000 taxi trips from May 2014 to March 2015, including 6 700 euros taxi fare using the Taxi code G7 Taxi by her son.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The French press had revealed the scandal there a few weeks (23 to 27 April 2015 by Le Figaro and Liberation). The question that everyone is asking how to achieve such sums as exorbitant taxi, although Parisian races are known to be expensive, but not at that point? At this level of public scandal spread by the press, Agnes Sall is forced to resign immediately from his position as CEO of INA.
OPPOSITION'S RIGHT SLAMS THE FAVORITISM OF TREATMENT FOR AGNÈS SALL THAT SHOCKED ALSO THE OPINION
French Minister of Culture, Fleur Pellerin, says on the French Radio RTL, "I understand the emotion aroused by reinstatement (Of Agnès Saal) even if in reality it is only the application of the Public Service Law. Reinstatement is not exemption from disciplinary proceedings that will be initiated in due time". (Source www.rtl.fr)
Just as some elected of the opposition (French Right) express the sense of immoral and unjust investment Agnès Saal.
Laurent Wauquiez Secretary General of the UMP (French Right) expresses his anger by giving moral lessons in politics and public service on the Radio RTL : "For example, I am for the abolition of special pension schemes parliamentarians. And exemplary for civil servants. it is for everyone. " (Source www.challenges.fr).
This favoritism or take advantage of the benefits of his job, is to raise citizens who work hard for a salary ten times less, or that we have taxis notes of € 40,000 in a year, equal to 35 times SMIIC 1160 € after tax), 3 years of a minimum wage. This may anger those employees the minimum wage, because they are the same ones who indirectly pay the salaries of senior officials from their taxes.(www.servicepublic.fr)
Source: Le figaro.fr, rtbfe.be, latrbune.fr, euronews.com, lepoint.fr, elpais.com, challenges.fr, huffingtpost.fr, sevicepublic.fr
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