The Council of State gave the green light to the expulsion of Imam Hassan Iquioussen on Tuesday. A decision which cancels that of the administrative court of Paris. But since then, the imam has not been found. For Rachida Dati, Les Républicains mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, guest ofEurope Morning Wednesday, “this decision comes with a delayed effect, it should have intervened much earlier”.
A resolution welcomed by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, and a great victory for the Republic, in his words. “But it’s not a competition, it’s not ‘Questions for a champion’, the subject is not there. And it’s not that much a victory if that person stays in European territory” , launched the former Keeper of the Seals.
“Freedom is not about leaving time bombs on European territory”
Should Hassan Iquioussen have been placed in police custody for the time of the decision? “Nothing could allow it,” says the mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris. “But we could perhaps have put him under house arrest because the decision was important on an important ground which is deportation for serious reasons.” “Some say he will be in Belgium, but if he is in Belgium tomorrow, the deportation decision is unenforceable.”
“Freedom is not leaving ticking time bombs on European territory,” she continued. “This decision is certainly a victory for the law, for the application of the law, but it still has to be executed. Otherwise it is a victory for nothing at all.”
“Criminal” remarks
“The criminal remarks he may have made date [du mandat de] François Hollande.” On the subject of the 2015 attacks, Hassan Iquioussen affirmed “that these attacks are not real attacks, [une] time when everyone is in a state of amazement”, she continued on Europe 1. “At this time, nothing is done. Neither Madame Taubira nor Monsieur Hollande, no one reacted,” she lamented.