Luc Ferry pris aux mots

After the accusations of paedophilia made by Luc Ferry against a former member of the Government, a judicial investigation has been entrusted to the brigade for the protection of minors by the Paris Prosecutor's Office.

(MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP)



Who will be heard?

Monday evening, on the plateau of the great newspaper of Canal +, former National Education Minister Luc Ferry said, without the name, that a "former Minister" had spawned in Marrakech "with small boys". Two days later, a preliminary investigation was opened by the Paris Prosecutor, so that the philosopher says these statements that caused a stir in any of the political class. Luc Ferry will have to be auditioned for a yet unknown date.

Thereafter will depend on the particulars he may wish to make. Because if it is supposed to reveal all the elements relevant to the investigation, nothing was forced to do so. The former Minister of education may, if he so wishes, to return to his statements. On the other hand he speaks, "former Prime Minister" as he referred to as his informant may also need to be explained, as well as "the highest authorities of the State".

Le Figaro Magazine Saturday, may 28 had mentioned the case of the arrest of a French Minister by the police of Marrakech in an evening organised with young boys. He said that the consul France in Marrakech, and then the Embassy in Rabat, were intervened to quell the case and repatriate by air Minister in question. All without evidence.

What is exposes Luc Ferry?

From the judicial point of view, the former Minister did not risk much. If the allegations are false, he could not be sued for libel, having not directly appointed the person to which the fact is imputed, neither former Prime Minister who would have him part of the crime. And he said fair, the philosopher appears also from a conviction for "concealment of sexual crime." Indeed, in this case, French law fixed a limitation period three years after the fact. However, the former Minister will be in both cases his tarnished reputation.

Have complaints been filed?

Two Moroccan structures-" key to my child" and "key not in my children "-must now file a complaint against X in Court of Marrakesh. The first association, in parallel with the Moroccan procedure, also decided to initiate a complaint against X in Paris. His lawyer, Mr. Jean Chevais, must also go very soon to Rabat to coordinate with his Moroccan counterpart. A priority on the spot will be to try to find the alleged victims. Which feed a folder for the time being well empty.