Pelata Resign ! (COO of Renault) what's happen?

PARIS -- Renault Chief Operating Officer Patrick Pelata and three other top executives might resign as soon as Monday over the debunked spy case at the automaker.Because Pelata, as well as legal affairs chief Christian Husson, human resources chief Jean-Yves Coudriou and security chief Remi Pagnie, might resign.Renault confirmed it would hold an extraordinary board meeting later on Monday related to the spy affair but declined to comment on the report.French Industry Minister Eric Besson said an audit on the industrial espionage affair to be reviewed by the Renault board on Monday reveals serious dysfunctions within the company."(The audit) clearly points to serious dysfunctions within the company's management,The audit report says there were serious dysfunctions and that we must draw lessons from it .A Renault spokeswoman said that the automaker may communicate after the board meeting.

Renault fired three executives in January on suspicion of leaking secrets about the carmaker's electric vehicle program. The company later admitted the managers had been falsely accused. Renault has since apologized to the three men and offered to reinstate and compensate them.

After the collapse of the espionage case, Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn was criticized by ministers of the French government, which owns 15 percent of the automaker, but the government later eased pressure on Ghosn, saying it was important to have stability at the top of the  company.

Pelata, 55, graduated from France's elite Ecole Polytechnique in the same 1974 class as Ghosn, before joining Renault as head of bodywork assembly at the carmaker's plant in Flins, west of Paris. In 1999, when Ghosn was sent by then CEO Louis Schweitzer to rescue Japanese affiliate Nissan Motor Co. from near-bankruptcy, he took Pelata with him and the two have worked closely together ever since. Pelata took over day-to-day control from Ghosn at Renault in 2008.

Renault and Nissan claim to become the leader in electric cars and from 2015 the alliance will have a global EV production of 500,000 units. Renault is due to launch two EVs, the Fluence sedan and Kangoo small van, in the second half of this year. The Zoe subcompact and the two-seat Twizy are due to follow in 2012.