Thierry Lepaon justify the expensive work of his office – The World

Thierry Lepaon justify the expensive work of his office – The World

On Europe 1, he responded to the revelations chained duck , which, after the revelation of the work of Mr. Lepaon apartment, says her office has been renovated over 62 000:

“As part of the work done in the confederal home, we felt it was good to remake the office of the secretary general of the CGT. [...] Our building was built thirty years ago and every year there are facts work to maintain this heritage. “

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He said that the office it occupies its predecessor Bernard Thibault, had not been redecorated since fifteen years. He explained the high cost by the need to redo “electricity, heating, cooling and soil” .

A TABLE, AN OFFICE, A CHAIR AND STORAGE CABINET

He listed the furniture of his office, the bill came to 21 500 euros, according to Le Canard chained “There is a meeting table which allows to work at eight, a wooden desk and glass, an armchair and a cabinet. “ ” The peculiarity of this piece is that it has an unusual shape: the roof of the cabinet looks like a factory roof “, which was thought by ” architect “.

Mr. Lepaon was keen to stress that he was not seeking such furniture: “I discovered the furniture once it was installed. “ He also told ” pained “ ” people use quotes and invoices to pose a slander upon the SGC “.

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He did not rule out that these revelations in the press are linked the succession crisis that has torn the union:

“It may be that there has in the organization who do not accept the choices made by the unions at the convention (March 2013 in Toulouse, where Mr Lepaon was elected head of the confederation) . I do not want to throw suspicion or on the staff of the home or confederal on the leaders. “

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