Jérôme Cahuzac had been sentenced for tax evasion in 2018 to four years in prison, two of which were suspended, before benefiting from an adjustment of his sentence in the form of an electronic bracelet.
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“I was banished inside my country for a few years”. Sentenced in 2018 for tax evasion to four years in prison, two of which are closed, the former minister Jérôme Cahuzac estimated Thursday February 17 to have “paid his debt” and said hope to avoid “a banishment in perpetuity” of the society.
Guest of the LCI channel for his first media appearance in several years, the former budget minister said he wished not to suffer “a banishment in perpetuity”after having “finally served his sentence since mid-December 2020”.
Jérôme Cahuzac had been sentenced for tax evasion in 2018 to four years in prison, two of which were suspended, before benefiting from an adjustment of his sentence in the form of an electronic bracelet, thus escaping prison. He now considers himself to be “a citizen like any other who has paid his debt”after “a very long road” during which he saw “hostility” and “hate, sometimes” in “people’s eyes”.
The former minister called “republican sacrilege” having “lied to the national representation”about his assertions in the hemicycle that he had no undeclared account in Switzerland, the day after Mediapart’s revelations in December 2012.
▶️ Jerome #Cahuzac
“I lied to the national representation. I didn’t know how to get out of it. I haven’t seen any other solution. (…) Having lied explains the hostility and hatred of which I may have been the object. »@DavidPujadas#24h Pujadas #LCI #La26 ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/NwrrzF2yFx
— 24h Pujadas (@24hPujadas) February 17, 2022
But he claimed “not having lied to François Hollande” : “He would have had to ask me the question for that”he said, claiming that “never, at any time” the former head of state had only asked him “Do you have an account in Switzerland or not?”.
To explain his media silence for several years, the one who has since practiced as a doctor at the Bonifacio hospital (Corse-du-Sud) during the Covid-19 pandemic for “repair the wrong I have done”assured “that a convict serve his sentence and be silent”.