Excluded from his own party on January 18, Marc Tarabella said he was “very disappointed that the PS is sweeping away its 35 years of activism”. Regarding the district of Huy-Waremme, the red comrades are all behind the Anthisnois. “The judicial authorities go a step further but my position remains the same, supports Éric Hautphenne, president of the PS federation of Huy-Waremme. We are awaiting the results of the investigation. No facts have been proven so far. At the present time and until proven otherwise, this indictment proves nothing. I’ve said it from the start, I’ve always had confidence in Marc. I spoke to him again on the phone last week, he was calm. He was really waiting to be heard by the courts.” Indeed, since the beginning of this affair which has shaken the European Parliament for more than two months, the Anthisnois has claimed his innocence and said he was at the disposal of justice. That’s done. The hearing of Marc Tarabella ended in an arrest warrant after being heard by the examining magistrate Michel Claise this Saturday morning.
Within the PS, we dare not believe that the investigation into Qatargate could condemn the MEP. Some see it as a legal strategy to “crack” the man. “We talk about it regularly among ourselves but we don’t have the elements of the investigation. I am not more surprised than that to have learned that he was under arrest warrant because it was a possibility. But I am attached to the presumption of innocence. If there is conviction, I will fall on my behind, continues Éric Hautphenne. Like many other people elsewhere.” The wait will therefore be long for everyone. The elected socialists gasp, like a sword of Damocles hanging over everyone’s head. The name of Marc Tarabella is on everyone’s lips. But make no mistake, it often rhymes with “innocence” and “support”.
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