The Paris court on Thursday denied having informed Bouygues on the investigation of corruption on the conditions for the site of the future "French Pentagon"
The prosecution conceded, however, a telephone conversation between the Paris prosecutor Francois Molins and a lawyer of French construction giant, won the contract to build the future Ministry of Defence in the district in Paris Balard (XV) in May
A responsible prosecutor told AFP: "Yes, the prosecutor took an online lawyer Martin Bouygues, but by no means told him that the file was empty" and added: "The Criminal Procedure Code authorizes the prosecutor to release elements from a procedureBut in this case, he appreciated here it was not appropriate to reveal the elements and had to leave for the judges'
"Between not reveal elements and interpret this non-disclosure means that the folder is empty, there is a shortcut that is not reality," she said
Martin Bouygues said in an interview published Thursday by Les Echos that the prosecutor has told his lawyers that his group was not involved in any corruption in conjunction with the award of the construction
"Our lawyers have asked the attorney if Bouygues was involved, the answer is noWe conducted an internal investigation that did not work eitherThere is nothing in this folder for our group, "said the CEO of Bouygues
On Wednesday, the Canard Enchaîné quoted an adviser to MBouygues claiming that MMolins had assured them that there was "nothing in the record"
"There was in any way direct or indirect contact between MMolins and MBouygues or one of its affiliates, "replied the floor Thursday
Two investigating judges since February of possible corruption and influence peddling in conjunction with the award of this project
Source: AFP |
