2023-09-23 05:00:11
We understood that hosting the Olympic Games (OG), in the summer of 2024, constituted a moment “exceptional”which as such could, according to the French public authorities, justify the implementation of “exceptional measures”even exceptional, as shown by the two laws relating to the Olympic Games, adopted in 2018 and in the spring.
Question of “best interests”, so to speak. Because, for the country organizing the event, it is about ensuring that it can shine globally. Because it is also about meeting some of the requirements of its promoter, the International Olympic Committee.
But between putting in place everything that we consider necessary to facilitate the preparation and successful holding of competitions and seeking to reduce, and even eliminate, anything that could disturb Olympic harmony, there may be a gap. tenuous. The message “please do not disturb too much” is sometimes not very far away.
Was he blown away by French justice? This, in any case, seems to be understanding if we judge by the comments made by the national financial prosecutor. “Our objective is to enable the peaceful development of an activity which will be a global event, a universal celebration”declared Jean-François Bohnert, on September 13.
« It is not up to us to disturb this order”he added, assuring that, if investigations targeting executives of the Paris 2024 Games Organizing Committee (Cojop) are underway within the national financial prosecutor’s office, there will be no police custody. during the Games.
“Favoritism” and “illegal taking of interests”
Should we see this as “tranquility insurance” for the organizers of the Games? Mr. Bohnert’s comments provoked little reaction. The Minister of Sports and Games sought to attenuate its scope somewhat: “He spoke of diligence and anticipation and these seem to me to be two important words for justice”declared Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, interviewed by The team, Monday September 18.
“The searches took place more than a year before the start of the Games, emphasized M. Bohnert. This is a sign that we take things very seriously in substance, but also respect this wonderful event. » However, he did not specify whether the investigations will be completed before Paris 2024.
In the recent history of the Olympic Games, deals – there have been regular ones since 2002, for both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics – have generally only come to fruition after the event has taken place. For the 2021 edition in Tokyo, for example, if the French justice system had been investigating certain aspects of the Japanese candidacy since 2016, the Japanese justice system only investigated alleged acts of corruption from the summer of 2022, convictions having occurred in April and May this year.
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