To avoid a government scandal, Minister Caroline Kayo resigned after she “undervalued” her real estate assets.

It was a matter of avoiding scandal. This time, Emmanuel Macron and Elizabeth Bourne chose not to support Caroline Caius, the local government minister’s delegate, whose asset declaration was assessed. “priceless” by the Supreme Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP), on the authority of the former minister himself. The case is sensitive enough that the two heads of the executive without much hesitation asked the former mayor of Beauvais to resign from the government.

After a lengthy interview with the prime minister, the former senator, once close to François Fillon, resigned on Sunday evening, November 27. concluded Emmanuel Macron, “at his request”office, the President of the Republic said in a statement released on Monday. His colleague Dominique Faure, the secretary of state responsible for rural areas, has been ordered to resume his duties.

Most of Caroline Kayo’s team was only informed of her departure at a cabinet meeting on Monday morning. in a statement on Twitter, Now the former minister indicates that the higher authorities “Continues to doubt [sa] Sincerity » and that it has “It seemed desirable for him to resign in order not to interfere with the government’s actions”. At issue, according to several executive sources, is the value of the prestigious property in Paris that he would have inherited and which would not have been assessed in his wealth declaration. “We are not responsible for what we inherit”protects the employee.

“We are not responsible for what we inherit”

The top authority chose not to be contacted on Tuesday before the close of an examination of the ministers’ asset declarations, which are due to be published on its website on Thursday. Caroline Kaye won’t be there. “According to the legislation, the statements of the member of the government, who has resigned, can no longer be made public by the higher authorities., specifies the institution. On the other hand, the former minister now has two months to submit new declarations of interest and termination of services, which will be published after their control ends, HATVP said.

The property of the president of the Beauvais agglomeration worried those around him for several months. In her declaration of interest, which has already been published, Caroline Kayu indicated that she owned 99% of the shares of the company valued at more than 12.2 million euros, as well as the LLC for 234,393 euros.