France: Mayor François Commeinhes, resigned after being sentenced to embezzlement of public funds

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Hibapress / Aziz el Guennouni

The mayor of Sète, François Comminhes, announced on Wednesday April 30 his resignation, after his conviction for embezzlement of public funds was confirmed by the Court of Cassation. The Court of Cassation confirmed its five -year ban on the elections, ending more than two decades of reign.

François Comminhes, mayor of Sète since 2001, announced his resignation on Wednesday, a few minutes after the Court of Cassation confirmed his conviction for embezzlement of public funds. The court confirmed the October 2023 appeal judgment, which had disqualified it from any electoral candidacy for five years, in addition to a sentence of a year in suspended prison and a fine of 15,000 euros (15 million cents).

The accusations brought against him arise from the allocation of illegal bonuses to his former director general of services between 2016 and 2018. In a video published on his Facebook page, François Comminhes announced his decision to leave his functions as mayor of Sète and director of Sète Aglopôle Méditerranée, thus ending more than 23 years of political life.