French court upholds Sarkozy’s jail sentence for corruption
- May 17, 2023
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A court in France ratified this Wednesday Former President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to three years in prison as part of a corruption and trading in influence case in
A court in France ratified this Wednesday Former President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to three years in prison as part of a corruption and trading in influence case in a wiretapping conspiracy after the president appealed the verdict in December.
The Paris Court of Appeal noted that two of the three years of the sentence were suspended and the former president will not have to go to jail, from another year of the final sentence, you can serve under house arrest and with an electronic bracelet, as collected FranceInformation.
Sarkozy will also see his civil rights suspended for these three years, so You will not be eligible for elected office.
In addition, your lawyer Thierry Herzog and former judge Gilbert Azibert were also sentenced to three years in prison. while the Duke would be prohibited from practicing his profession during this period.
“Herzog and Sarkozy are lawyers, and Azibert is a criminal specialist. None of the three can claim that they did not know about the offenses committed. said Chief Justice Sophie Clement.
Sarzoki was convicted in March 2021 for corruption offenses and trading in influence after French justice found it proven that he used his position to try to get information about the investigation.
The prosecutor’s office accused the former president of receive classified information through Herzog in 2014, for which he would resort to Azibert, then to the Court of Cassation.
Two years after leaving the Elysee Sarkozy tried to get a judicial advantage from the top magistrate, something that came to light from wiretapping he was subjected to during another investigation.
The verdict is especially harsh against Sarkzoy, because, as the chairman of the court explained, “He benefited from his status as a former president (…) for personal gain.”
The case continued “Attacks on trust what citizens can legitimately expect from justice.
The former president, who ruled France from 2007 to 2012, became first former head of state to physically sit in the dockfor although in 2011 his predecessor at the Élysée, Jacques Chirac, was sentenced to two years for crimes committed during his tenure as mayor of Paris, he never stood trial for health reasons.
All indications are that Sarkozy, who has retired from the political front since 2016 but is highly influential among French conservatives, appeal the verdict to the Supreme Court, What does he have five days to do?
This is a new legal setback for the man who led France from 2007 to 2012 and was also sentenced to one year in prison in September 2021 for uneven funding of the 2012 presidential election campaign.
The President also appealed the second verdict, which It will be considered on appeal in November next year.
Sarkozy is facing a third legal front as last week the National Financial Attorney’s Office demanded that figure in funding his 2007 presidential campaign funded by the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
(According to information from Europe Press, EFE And Aristegui News)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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