The CJR, an institution created in 1993, is competent to hold members of the government criminally responsible for acts (crimes or misdemeanors) committed in the exercise of their functions.
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The National Assembly voted on Tuesday July 26 to designate the six new incumbent parliamentarians who will sit on the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR). Danièle Obono (LFI), Bruno Bilde (RN), Philippe Gosselin (LR), Laurence Vichnievsky (MoDem), Emilie Chandler and Didier Paris (LREM) were elected. Note that Julien Bayou (EELV) is the deputy of the rebellious MP. They join Republican senators Chantal Deseyne, Catherine Di Folco, Antoine Lefèvre, socialist Jean-Luc Fichet, centrist Evelyne Perrot and independent Teva Rohfritsch.
The CJR, an institution created in 1993, competent to hold members of the government criminally responsible for acts (crimes or misdemeanors) committed in the exercise of their functions, is made up of 12 parliamentarians (six elected by the National Assembly, six elected by the Senate) and three judges from the seat of the Court of Cassation. Parliamentary judges are elected at each renewal of the Assembly or the Senate. Anyone can file a complaint with the CJR.
An institution contested for the slowness of its procedures and the leniency of its judgments, the CJR almost disappeared in 2018 under the first term of Emmanuel Macron, but the constitutional bill did not come to an end. François Hollande had also undertaken to remove it. Since its creation, it has tried seven ministers: three were acquitted, two were given suspended prison sentences, and two were found guilty but released from punishment.