Jacques Moretti is questioned by lawyers over the New Year's Day fire disaster in Crans-Montana that left 41 people dead.
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He arrived for the hearing in Sion with his wife, Jessica, whose lawyer Yaël Hayat described the latest hearings as "moments of truth". Jessica Moretti faces questions on Thursday.
Ahead of the hearing, one mother told Swiss TV she needed to know what had gone wrong and why.
"What's important is that the whole truth comes out," said Laetitia Brodard-Sitre, whose 16-year-old son Arthur died in the fire.
"There must be no more lies," she told public broadcaster SRF. "I want everyone to take responsibility; politics and parties don't matter to me."
Jacques and Jessica Moretti are under criminal investigation for involuntary manslaughter, as well as bodily harm and arson through negligence. Neither is being held in custody; Mr Moretti was released on bail last month.
His wife's lawyer told French radio the couple had made clear from the outset that neither was trying to shirk justice for their part in the tragedy at Le Constellation bar in the popular Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.
"They obviously bear responsibility for what happened, as it happened on their property and they were guardians of the premises," Ms Hayat told France Info. "So they bear that responsibility; even so the inquiry must decide who is behind the tragedy."
The couple have been criticised by several former employees for safety failings which have emerged since the fire.
Sparkling candles in champagne bottles have been blamed for setting light to the ceiling, and footage has emerged showing an employee using snooker cues to push sound-proofing foam back into place on the ceiling weeks before the disaster.
No fire inspection had taken place there since 2019 and earlier this week, the former security officer at Crans-Montana's town hall told a hearing that local authorities had
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