Several voices were raised to be surprised by the placement under custody of Patrick Balkany, sentenced Friday to four years in prison for tax evasion. This is the case of Brice Hortefeux, invited Sunday of the Grand Rendez-vous Europe 1 / CNews / Les Échos.
"As if he was going to leave in Guatemala!"
"I can not help wondering about the decision that was made," says the former minister Nicolas Hortefeux. "As if he was going to leave in Guatemala!" The mayor of Levallois-Perret was immediately placed in prison on Friday.
"This is the first time that a public figure is incarcerated for acts solely tax fraud," continues the MEP. "I do not have the memory that Dieudonné was placed under a warrant, or Jérôme Cahuzac, we must ask ourselves the question: what is the expectation of justice, we expect justice to be fair, not exemplary ", replies the one who feels" pain "and" friendship "with the Balkany couple, while Isabelle Balkany was sentenced to three years in prison.