4 September 2015 | Federal Court decision: a defeat that is tantamount to victory
In August 2014, Dominique Giroud lodged an appeal for denial of justice with the Valais Cantonal Court. The stated aim of the action was to prevent the COGEST report, which was said at the time to be imminent, from violating his privacy by disclosing confidential information about his tax file. Objective achieved. The [...]
14 March 2015 | The great solitude of Marie Parvex
Published in mid-February 2015, the COGEST report on the Giroud case leaves no room for doubt: from start to finish, the Valais authorities acted correctly in their handling of Dominique Giroud's tax case, and he did not benefit from any complacency on the part of the tax authorities or any member of the Council of State. [...]
13 January 2015 | All this for nothing? The Cogest report gives birth to a mouse
"L'Etat du Valais a presque tout fait juste" (ATS). "A report spares the State of Valais" (24 Heures). "Good report for the State of Valais" (La Liberté). "Report favourable to the State of Valais" (L'Agefi). "Le ministre Tornay disculpé" (Le Temps). Similar headlines appeared in the German and Ticino press. The Walliser Bote devoted [...]
24 December 2014 | Day 20, how will the media react to the Cogest report?
Journalists like to be right. What does a journalist do when he discovers that he was wrong at 80%? They point out that they were right at 20%. That's just the way it is. Which raises a legitimate question: what's going to happen on 13 January 2015 when the Valais Grand Council's management committee (the Cogest) publishes its report [...]?
27 August 2014 | Dominique Giroud's fundamental rights violated
Press release The Valais Grand Council's Management Committee (Cogest) has been authorised by the Council of State to consult Dominique Giroud's entire tax file. This authorisation was given in violation of the principles and procedural rules of a constitutional state. To ensure that his constitutional rights are respected, Dominique Giroud is [...]