Overview

• A Paris correctional court on June 16, 2025, handed Elimas a 10-month suspended prison sentence after finding her guilty of workplace moral harassment.
• She was also barred from holding public office for three years and fined €5,000 for her actions in the Priority Education portfolio.
• The case traces back to a December 2021 IGESR investigation into reports of dysfunction and strained working relations in her cabinet.
• Multiple former aides testified to a ‘paranoid’ atmosphere and conflicting directives that prosecutors said constituted harassment.
• Elimas’s allegation of a political conspiracy was dismissed by the prosecutor, and the verdict is viewed as a precedent for prosecuting abuse of power in government.