{"id":16109,"date":"2020-07-03T22:16:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T22:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=16109"},"modified":"2020-07-03T22:16:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T22:16:37","slug":"france-to-launch-inquiry-into-ex-pm-ministers-over-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109","title":{"rendered":"France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A French court will open an inquiry into former prime minister Edouard Philippe and two cabinet ministers over their handling of the coronavirus crisis, a prosecutor said Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inquiry will be led by the Law Court of the Republic (CJR), which deals with claims of ministerial misconduct, said senior prosecutor Francois Molins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with Philippe, who was replaced Friday in the first stage of a government reshuffle, the ministers under investigation are former health minister Agnes Buzyn &#8212; who stepped down in February for an unsuccessful bid to become mayor of Paris &#8212; and her successor Olivier Veran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veran was health minister during the peak of the crisis. It is not clear if he will keep his job in the reshuffle expected to be finalised in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CJR has received 90 complaints and examined 53 of them. It considered nine complaints admissible, which will form the basis of the inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complaints were filed by private individuals, doctors, associations and even prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inquiry will consider whether Philippe, Buzyn and Veran neglected their duties in the face of a disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coronavirus outbreak has left 29,875 people dead in France so far, and has sparked anger against the government over a lack of protective equipment in the early stages of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>France is not the only country where legal proceedings are possible against current and former ministers over the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutors questioned the Italian prime minister and two ministers last month over their handling of the coronavirus crisis as part of an investigation into whether more should have been done to save lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A French court will open an inquiry into former prime minister Edouard Philippe and two cabinet ministers over their handling of the coronavirus crisis, a prosecutor said Friday. The inquiry will be led by the Law Court of the Republic (CJR), which deals with claims of ministerial misconduct, said senior prosecutor Francois Molins. Along with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A French court will open an inquiry into former prime minister Edouard Philippe and two cabinet ministers over their handling of the coronavirus crisis, a prosecutor said Friday. The inquiry will be led by the Law Court of the Republic (CJR), which deals with claims of ministerial misconduct, said senior prosecutor Francois Molins. Along with [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-03T22:16:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-03T22:16:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9BFk9kuTURBXy84MGMzZWQ2NS0yNmE3LTRjMTMtYjI4ZC01NjgyODIxMDkxYzYuanBlZ5GTBc0DFM0BvIGhMAE.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"788\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"444\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kumasi Online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kumasi Online\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kumasi Online\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de\"},\"headline\":\"France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-03T22:16:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-03T22:16:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/9BFk9kuTURBXy84MGMzZWQ2NS0yNmE3LTRjMTMtYjI4ZC01NjgyODIxMDkxYzYuanBlZ5GTBc0DFM0BvIGhMAE.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"WORLD NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109\",\"name\":\"France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus - Kumasi Online TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/9BFk9kuTURBXy84MGMzZWQ2NS0yNmE3LTRjMTMtYjI4ZC01NjgyODIxMDkxYzYuanBlZ5GTBc0DFM0BvIGhMAE.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-03T22:16:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-03T22:16:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/9BFk9kuTURBXy84MGMzZWQ2NS0yNmE3LTRjMTMtYjI4ZC01NjgyODIxMDkxYzYuanBlZ5GTBc0DFM0BvIGhMAE.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/9BFk9kuTURBXy84MGMzZWQ2NS0yNmE3LTRjMTMtYjI4ZC01NjgyODIxMDkxYzYuanBlZ5GTBc0DFM0BvIGhMAE.jpg\",\"width\":788,\"height\":444},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=16109#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kumasi Online TV\",\"description\":\"#kumasionlinetv\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de\",\"name\":\"Kumasi Online\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kumasi Online\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/kumasionlinetv.com\",\"Daniel Yeboah\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus - Kumasi Online TV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus - Kumasi Online TV","og_description":"A French court will open an inquiry into former prime minister Edouard Philippe and two cabinet ministers over their handling of the coronavirus crisis, a prosecutor said Friday. The inquiry will be led by the Law Court of the Republic (CJR), which deals with claims of ministerial misconduct, said senior prosecutor Francois Molins. Along with [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109","og_site_name":"Kumasi Online TV","article_published_time":"2020-07-03T22:16:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-07-03T22:16:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":788,"height":444,"url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9BFk9kuTURBXy84MGMzZWQ2NS0yNmE3LTRjMTMtYjI4ZC01NjgyODIxMDkxYzYuanBlZ5GTBc0DFM0BvIGhMAE.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kumasi Online","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kumasi Online","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109"},"author":{"name":"Kumasi Online","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de"},"headline":"France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus","datePublished":"2020-07-03T22:16:35+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-03T22:16:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109"},"wordCount":275,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9BFk9kuTURBXy84MGMzZWQ2NS0yNmE3LTRjMTMtYjI4ZC01NjgyODIxMDkxYzYuanBlZ5GTBc0DFM0BvIGhMAE.jpg","articleSection":["WORLD NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109","url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109","name":"France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus - Kumasi Online TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9BFk9kuTURBXy84MGMzZWQ2NS0yNmE3LTRjMTMtYjI4ZC01NjgyODIxMDkxYzYuanBlZ5GTBc0DFM0BvIGhMAE.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-03T22:16:35+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-03T22:16:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9BFk9kuTURBXy84MGMzZWQ2NS0yNmE3LTRjMTMtYjI4ZC01NjgyODIxMDkxYzYuanBlZ5GTBc0DFM0BvIGhMAE.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9BFk9kuTURBXy84MGMzZWQ2NS0yNmE3LTRjMTMtYjI4ZC01NjgyODIxMDkxYzYuanBlZ5GTBc0DFM0BvIGhMAE.jpg","width":788,"height":444},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16109#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"France to launch inquiry into ex-PM, ministers over coronavirus"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/","name":"Kumasi Online TV","description":"#kumasionlinetv","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de","name":"Kumasi Online","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kumasi Online"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/kumasionlinetv.com","Daniel Yeboah"],"url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}