Preliminary inquiry for favoritism to INA … Mathieu – Challenges.fr

A preliminary investigation for “favoritism” to “contracts between 2010 and 2014, under the presidency” of the National Audiovisual Institute (INA), then essentially exerted by Mathieu Gallet, current president of Radio France was opened by the prosecutor of Créteil, revealed this last Thursday, June 4

This preliminary investigation follows a report Tuesday from the Ministry of Culture, which sent the prosecutor a “series of elements (…) could be irregular under the rules governing the award of public contracts “.

Entrusted to the Brigade of repression of Economic Crimes (OERD), it is for the period 2010 -2014, says the prosecutor, which cites no particular name or presidency in a statement.

Mathieu Gallet had succeeded in May 2010 to Emmanuel Hogg, current CEO of AFP, and was followed in May 2014 Agnès Saal at the head of the INA.

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According to the Canard shackled May 6, a control service Bercy noted “irregularities” in contracts of hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, without competition, with consultants by Mathieu Gallet.

The weekly quotes the findings of a note 10 April Economic and Financial Control (CGEFI), a Ministry of Economy of the service that controls the management of public money, which the newspaper obtained a copy of which he reproduced an excerpt.

The CGEFI responsibility of “malfunctions and irregularities” in several contracts with consulting firms during the presidency of Mathieu Gallet.

These markets include contracts with companies OpinionWay and Tags, for a total nearly 250,000 euros, passed without competition, however a mandatory procedure, according to the chained duck.

Now, says the weekly, Denis Pingaud current communications consultant Mathieu Gallet at Radio France, Tags chairs the society. And he was vice president of OpinionWay when signing contracts with the INA.

For another contract of 119,000 euros spent in 2011 with the firm Bernard Spitz Council, “it has ( …) not found a trace of a competition by mail or email, “also indicates the note by the state comptroller, quoted by the weekly.

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In late March, the Duck chains had already said Mathieu Gallet had hired six consulting firms when he presided INA. In all, nearly 800,000 euros without competition, writes the weekly.

The current CEO of Radio France had announced that he would file a complaint against the chained duck, alleging “defamatory allegations” and denying that these contracts were awarded without competition.

The one who succeeded Mathieu Gallet at the head of INA, Agnès Saal, is already subject to a separate preliminary investigation, opened on Tuesday for “aggravated embezzlement”, which deals with “undue taxi fares,” at more than 40,000 euros for a taxi. She resigned in late April after been pinned for these expenses.

(with AFP)