The former mayor of the town of Hauts-de-Seine has requested a reduced sentence from the courts and wishes to run for a sixth term in the municipal elections.
Had he really been taken seriously last March, when he said Parisian be in the process of “prepare for the next municipal elections” ? “I’m putting together a list to fire those who are there”he warned. After these first threats, he would have initiated the second stage on October 25 by sending a request to the courts to have his ineligibility sentence annulled. “Patrick Balkany, via his lawyer, filed a request on October 25, 2024 to increase his additional ten-year ineligibility sentence”indicated this source, confirming information from BFMTV.
Contacted by Le FigaroPatrick Balkany confirms and reiterates his desire to run for a sixth municipal mandate in Levallois Perret. Beyond the fact that he suffers from remaining inactive, the former mayor says he is expected by the people of Levallois. “I made this city, I was its mayor and deputy for twenty-five years, I have all my ties there. I don’t go ten meters without someone stopping me to tell me I have to come back.”
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“I am putting together a list to fire those who are there”: Patrick Balkany dreams of canceling his ineligibility to offer himself a return to Levallois
Damages of 13 million euros
In 2021, he was definitively sentenced to four years in prison as well as deprivation of his right to stand for election for a period of ten years. The national financial prosecutor's office accused the mayor of Levallois-Perret and his wife of having concealed a villa on the island of Saint-Martin, a Riad in Marrakech, of having underestimated their income, the value of a mill Giverny and not having paid ISF for more than five years. Damage estimated at 13 million euros.
The National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) will “study the request then refer the matter to the criminal court” who will rule after a closed hearing, a judicial source told AFP.
