Management of Covid-19: the Court of Cassation cancels the examination of Agnès Buzyn

Managing the health crisis: the Court of Cassation cancels the indictment against Agnès Buzyn

In a judgment delivered this Friday, the highest court annuls for legal reasons the indictment of the former Minister of Health for “endangering others”, issued in September 2021 by the Investigative Committee of the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR).

Management of Covid-19: the Court of Cassation cancels the examination of Agnès Buzyn

The former Minister of Health, who was responsible for the outbreak of Covid-19, had been indicted for endangering others.

The examination of Agnès Buzyn for her management of Covid-19 canceled by the Court of Cassation

The former Minister of Health was indicted in September 2021 for “endangering the lives of others” following her management of the Covid-19 crisis. An indictment canceled this Friday by the Court of Cassation.

Covid management: the Court of Cassation cancels the indictment against Agnès Buzyn

The former Minister of Health was prosecuted for endangering the lives of others.

Covid-19 management: why the Court of Cassation vacates the indictment of Agnès Buzyn

She was the only member of the government to be charged as part of a judicial inquiry pending since July 2020 by the Court of the Republic (CJR) over the government's handling of the Covid-19 epidemic. The Court of Cassation overturned the indictment of former Health Minister Agnès Buzyn, the only member of the government

Why was the indictment of Agnès Buzyn for her management of the health crisis cancelled?

The former minister appealed in cassation after the decision of this court, which judges members of the government in the exercise of their functions.