The famous lawyer Éric Dupond-Moretti gave his opinion decided on the transparency imposed on ministers concerning their heritage. And, not surprisingly, he pushed a rant.
The former Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, unveiled the sums of money he earned frankly. Guest in the show C the weekly Presented by Aurélie Casse, he also returned to an episode which deeply annoyed him and delivered his reflections on the financial transparency of public officials.
Éric Dupond-Moretti, cash on his income: “A minister will not get rich during his duties“”
Nicknamed “Acquittator” due to the impressive number of acquittals obtained throughout his career as a lawyer, Éric Dupond-Moretti is also renowned for his outspokenness. Invited in Aurélie Casse’s show, he confirmed the astronomical amounts he received as a criminal lawyer, before entering government. He revealed that he received 6,800 euros net per month as Minister of Justice, fourteen times less than he won in the private sector when he still exercised as a lawyer.
Sums that the former Keeper of the Seals declared in the rules, as he himself specified: “I take out my heritage, I give everything to the high authority for the transparency of public life.“An essential approach, according to him, to prevent any conflict of interest:”It is indeed very useful that we make sure that a minister will not get rich during his duties“However, he believes that this requirement of transparency is sometimes excessive …
Éric Dupond-Moretti, annoyed by the requirement of transparency: “It generates a kind of unhealthy voyeurism “
The spouse of the Canadian singer Isabelle Boulay returned to an episode which deeply annoyed him: the day he declared his heritage to the French. “”Me, this exercise of transparency, I call it an exercise in transpersance“, He said, visibly reassembled. He remembered that when this information was made public, the reactions were virulent:”I am falling on it with a shortened arm because I bought myself, at over 50, a luxury car and two luxury watches. “
For him, this excessive transparency discourages some from engaging in politics: “This transpersance there, she makes a number of people, who have money for example, will never make politics“. Before concluding, in a more serious tone:”And then it’s a bit attacking the privacy of your private life (…) it generates a kind of unhealthy voyeurism“.
