Exchanges of blows through interviews on public service. Monday November 27, France Inter received Jérôme Cahuzacthe former Minister of the Budget was sentenced in 2016 to 3 years in prison and 5 years of ineligibility for “tax evasion” and “laundering of tax fraud” who wants to return to politics. He particularly attacked his former President of the Republic, François Hollande. The latter, invited at the same time on Franceinfo, said what he thought about this return attempt.
“Criminally, he was sentenced to prison and he served his sentence. He can therefore find ss citizen functions“first recalled the magnanimous François Hollande on Franceinfo, before showing himself mercilessly but full of irony against the former minister who damaged the image of the start of his mandate as president. “But morally, he will remain the one who lied. Who lied in front of the national representation at the Assemblywho lied to his political familyWho lied to me and who lied to all the countries ultimately.” A tackle from the former president to his former minister who was only the first.
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In this interview, François Hollande also sweeps away the argument that Jérôme Cahuzac is trying to put together. To clear oneself of having lied about the existence of his account in Switzerlandthe former Minister of the Budget argues that François Hollande himself would also have lied by announcing that he wanted “Reverse the curve of unemployment” between September 2012 and September 2013. According to François Hollande, Jérôme Cahuzac confuses a promise which would not have “not kept on time” and a lie. “This confusion is damaging political life”underlines the former President of the Republic at the microphone of Franceinfo.
But does François Hollande think that Jérôme Cahuzac should have the right to return to politics? “He can, with his personal morality, go before the electorate. It will be up to the French who are concerned to judge.”indicates the former President of the Republic. “It won’t be the first time that a convict has run for office. Sometimes he can even be elected.”
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