The lifting of the parliamentary immunity of Patrick Balkany, voted unanimously Wednesday morning by the office of the National Assembly of the resonances in his constituency comprising the towns of Clichy and Levallois. Three days before the first round of departmental elections, this new episode of the legal troubles of the hilarious politician, already under investigation for corruption and tax fraud laundering, fueling the campaign and made the business of its many opponents.
Who ask heart in his resignation. “The alleged offenses are not only exotic properties of distant African affairs but directly concern Levalloisian says Arnaud de Courson, outgoing councilor and candidate on DVD Township Levallois, adding that the couple Balkany” can not continue peacefully exercise their mandate. ”
A view shared by Gilles Catoire, Socialist Mayor of Clichy beat the last legislative elections and now candidate to succeed the General Council. He believes that Patrick Balkany “no longer has the moral authority to stay the member for the 5th district of Hauts-de-Seine.” In political strategist, Gilles Catoire calls even Patrick Devedjian, president of the county council, about the candidates UMP stamped “Balkany”, ie Sylvie Ramond Levallois and Rémi Muzeau Clichy. “I wonder if he believes that these candidates do not condemn the scandal Balkany, can still claim its” departmental majority? “Asks the socialist who hopes to save his seat in pink department.
Far from being destabilized, Sylvie Ramond, elected since 1983 with Balkany and General Counsel outgoing UMP, faces the storm. “This is my mayor and I have a great affection for him, she said. I am sure the mountain will give birth to a mouse. Opponents surf what they believe is a wave. They are scavengers. “A reflection that echoes the press release from Patrick Balkany who feels” thrown to the dogs “speaking of a” senseless flood of lies. ”
Pushed to take a stand for several weeks Rémi Muzeau, Deputy Patrick Balkany in the National Assembly, prefers to send back the ball to the departmental authorities of the UMP and ensures “wait for the reaction to Nicolas Sarkozy express themselves. ” Asked Roger Karoutchi, Jean-Jacques Guillet and Patrick Devedjian, the tenors of the UMP92 have all registered conspicuously absent. “It is not the role of parliamentarians to comment on court cases, defends Thierry Solère, Boulogne UMP. While it is natural that immunity be lifted, it should not be provided flout the presumption of innocence. ”
Finally Didier Schuller, UDI candidate in Clichy and often presented as the man behind the Balkany case, it merely states that it “has nothing to do with the persons “, referring to” those who are indebted to him today. “
Guy, Levalloisian 27 years
The announcement of the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of Patrick Balkany has not shaken Levallois. In the gardens of the town hall, the UMP mayor of legal troubles are not surprising, but do not undermine his popularity. Isabelle, 51 and Levalloisian for 23 years, wondered why these procedures have not occurred earlier. “I’m surprised all these years he was not worried. Here we can see how it goes. We know that there is money that is in real estate, we do not stop to build and rebuild. We know who his friends are. We see that is housed by the city, “she advanced. However, it notes “the exceptional quality of life” whose residents enjoy. “Yes it’s nice to live here, says Guy 65 and Levalloisian 27 years. The problem is not what is done, but the means employed. And it has to stop one day! “
The quality of life is all that matters in the eyes of Jacques, 83. “The city is well managed. The rest I do not care, he says. Safety, cleanliness was. It’s not free, but nothing is free. “Brigitte, 56, received the news with relief. “I said,” Finally, they had the courage. It is not normal that parliamentarians are protected, while ordinary citizens are not. Either there is something to be ashamed and we will basically be nothing. But at least we’ll know, “she notes. Marie, 35, wavering between indifference and distrust. “Basically, I think I do not care. Anyway, they are all rotten, she says. All I know is that here we have a pretty nice life and it’s still with him “
Thibault Chaffotte
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