An anti-corruption association announced, Wednesday, November 15, to Agence France-Presse, that it had filed a complaint against and mocked by the opposition. In its complaint filed Tuesday with the Paris prosecutor’s office, the AC! ! Anti-Corruption questions the “stated purpose” of the trip, which was to “check the surfing facilities, as part of the 2024 Olympics” which will be held from July 26 to August 11.

The mayor of Paris “took the opportunity to visit her daughter, who lives on an island near Tahiti,” underlines the association. Ms. Hidalgo was accompanied by Pierre Rabadan, sports assistant, Jacques Martial, overseas assistant, but also by her spouse, adds the association.

“Immediately the question arises of who paid for the trip,” raises the association. According to the City of Paris, the transport costs of the Parisian delegation amounted to 40,955 euros and those for accommodation and catering to 18,545 euros. “Either the trip was official, and therefore had to be covered by the City, or it was private and had to be in a personal capacity,” points out the complaint.

A “regular ethically” trip

In Polynesia, the mayor of Paris should have held several meetings but “did not communicate” about these meetings, underlines the complaint, while her deputy Pierre Rabadan visited the Teahupoo site, in Tahiti, where must take place the surfing event.

On Monday, the town hall acknowledged that the socialist councilor had not visited the site in person, but assured that this decision had been taken “at the request of Polynesian President” Moetai Brotherson, due to “local tensions”. .

The trip was “regular from an ethical point of view”, also estimated Friday the ethics commission of the City of Paris. “It is noted that part of the program was not carried out by the mayor of Paris but by Pierre Rabadan, in his capacity as deputy (…) in charge in particular of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, from October 21 after -noon. Thus, the City of Paris did not finance the personal and private activity of the Mayor of Paris with public funds and did not suffer any harm,” explained the commission.

The association hopes that the Paris prosecutor’s office will open investigations to determine “whether there are mistakes or not”, according to its president Marcel Claude.