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Buzyn has been accused of “endangering the lives of others,” said a prosecutor for the Republican Court of Justice (CRJ), which is investigating cases of ministerial misconduct. However, no second accusation was made against him for failing to stop the disaster.
The former doctor, who will be able to appeal the accusation, attended a court hearing on Friday and said he was pleased with “a great opportunity for me to explain and clarify the truth.”
He said that he would not “discredit the actions of the government or mine as a minister when we have done so much to prepare our country for the current global health crisis.”
Buzyn, who stepped down as head of the Ministry of Health in February last year, received criticism and ridicule for his first statements about the pandemic, a few weeks after the first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in France.
In January 2020, he said that “there was practically no risk” that the country of the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the outbreak began, would reach COVID-19, and then claimed that “the risk of spreading the coronavirus among the population is very low. “
A month later, leaving the ministry because of his desire to become mayor of Paris, Buzyn said that “the tsunami was yet to come”, which clearly contradicted his previous statements.
Cancer and transplant specialist Buzyn later said in a parliamentary inquiry that she had warned the president and then Prime Minister Edouard Philippe of the potential dangers of COVID-19 in January 2020.
The CRJ was created in 1993 to find a way to prosecute ministers, as it was believed that members of the French cabinet could avoid legal sanctions for their misconduct.
Some critics accuse the court of being too slow and tolerant, and Buzyn’s defenders believe the investigation is dishonest and could deter others from participating in politics.
In addition to A.Buzyn, this study includes former Prime Minister E.Pilippe and current Minister of Health Olivier Veran.
Buzyn retired from politics and joined the team of World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in January, who was also criticized for responding to the pandemic.
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