Gérald Darmanin has referred an Auch deputy prosecutor to France’s High Council of the Judiciary (CSM) for disciplinary proceedings in the Lyhanna case. The referral moves the matter from the reported administrative inquiry to a disciplinary process, without settling the prosecutor’s individual responsibility.
Franceinfo reported that the justice minister made the referral after an administrative inquiry by the Inspection générale de la justice. According to Franceinfo, the referral concerned an alleged failure to check the suspect’s prior record. Le Figaro said it followed a third report on the operation of the Auch prosecutor’s office and the administrative inquiry concerning the deputy prosecutor.
Le Figaro reported that the reports identified professional shortcomings. Those reported findings led the minister to seek disciplinary proceedings, but they are not a CSM ruling on liability or a decision that a sanction will follow.
The immediate consequence is procedural: the CSM has been asked to consider disciplinary proceedings. The supplied reports do not give a date for any CSM examination, detail the alleged shortcomings, or include a response from the deputy prosecutor.
Seeking institutional accountability in a case of this sensitivity can be justified. Its outcome, however, will rest on the CSM procedure rather than on the minister’s referral alone.
Sources
- franceinfo Tous titres · Source date: 2026-11-12
- Le Figaro Actualités · Source date: 2026-11-12
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