The Law Commission of the National Assembly gave the green light this Wednesday, November 23 to the creation of a commission of inquiry into the fatal attack in March of Yvan Colonna, which had aroused very strong emotion in Corsica. .
March 2, Yvan Colonna Corsican independence activist who was serving a life sentence in Arles prison (Bouches-du-Rhône) for the assassination of the prefect Claude Erignac, had been violently attacked in the sports hall by Franck Elong Abé, a man from 36 years old who was serving several sentences, including one of nine years for “ terrorist conspiracy “. He died of his injuries after three weeks in a coma.
The centrist group Liot exercised its drawing rights to launch this commission of inquiry, submitting a resolution by the deputy of Haute-Corse Jean-Félix Acquaviva. She intends to shed light on the conditions under which “the alleged murderer” was able to benefit from a classification in ordinary detention (…) and not be subject to the stages of detection of radicalization in prison “.
She also wishes study the genesis and the conditions under which the status of particularly signaled prisoner was maintained for Yvan Colonna. ” What is at stake is the island society’s thirst for justice and truth. “, argued Jean-Félix Acquaviva, believing that hearings at the Assembly had revealed “ contradictions “, in particular on ” assessment of radicalization of the alleged killer.
Move towards “the demand for truth and justice”
This commission, which will be composed of a maximum of 30 deputies following a proportional representation of the groups in the Assembly, will deliver its work within a maximum period of six months. The Liot group hopes to start the work “ in December or January, not later “.
” I hope it will make it possible to make significant progress towards the demand for truth and justice “, reacted to AFP Gilles Simeoni, autonomist president of the executive council of Corsica. ” We are now waiting for all the light to be shed on the circumstances of this assassination. “, declared the autonomist president of the Assembly of Corsica, Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis.
” The commission must take care throughout its work not to focus its investigations on matters falling within the exclusive competence of the judicial authority. “, recalled Caroline Abadie, rapporteur of the text creating the said commission. ” Only the judicial inquiry will be able to clarify the reasons for the aggression, and delimit the responsibilities and possible complicity. “, she insisted.
Two legal proceedings are open: an investigation for ” assassination in connection with a terrorist enterprise “, a second for violation of the secrecy of the instruction. A report by the General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ) estimated that the supervisor in charge of the wing where the Corsican separatist was found showed ” clear lack of vigilance ” remaining ” without any remote reason from the scene of the events, which lasted nine minutes. The former director of Arles prison and a supervisor will be the subject of ” disciplinary procedures “, had announced in July Élisabeth Borne.
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(With AFP)