former president of france Nicholas Sarkozy He was sentenced to three years in prison, with two years exemption from service, on appeal for a corruption charge committed in 2014.The same sentence as he was sentenced to first degree in March 2021.
Sarkozy, the first ex-president to be sentenced to an effective prison sentence, He will not go to prison because the court stated that he could serve his sentence under house arrest and with an electronic bracelet..
Dressed in gray, with a serious face, SarkozyHe has retired from the political front since 2016, but is very influential among French conservatives, attended the reading of the judgment in the courthouse. Parisleft without any explanation.
your lawyer, Considered the sentence “worrying”, Jaqueline Laffont aimed to provide “moral lessons, not legal”, while confirming that they will appeal to the Supreme Court and go “to the end” to prove the former president’s innocence.
The former president was sentenced to three years in prison in March 2021 in the first instance court. prison, The two are exempt from obedience for a crime committed in 2014, two years after he left power, under his provision, when he used his influence for another purpose.
During the last December Appeal, The prosecutor’s office had requested that this sentence be reduced with a three-year exemption, but the court was tougher on Sarkozy.
Two years after leaving the Elysee, Sarkozy sought judicial benefits from a high judge, who came to light through wiretapping in another investigation.
The court also convicted Sarkozy’s lawyer, Thierry Herzog.sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, two exempted from obedience, and also a three-year ban from practicing the profession; and judge Gilbert Azibert sentenced to the same sentence with three years of civil disenfranchisement. Their lawyers announced that they would apply to the Supreme Court and that none of them would have to go to jail.
Sarkzoy’s punishment is particularly severe because, as the presiding judge explained, “he took advantage of his former president status (…) for personal gain.” The lawsuit continued, “attempts against the confidence that citizens can legitimately expect from justice.”
Despite Sarkozy has always denied his guiltAnd to prove it, only the Supreme Court remains. You have five days to file this appeal.. This is a new judicial failure for the man. presidential France Between 2007 and 2012, He was also sentenced to one year in prison in September 2021. irregular financing election campaign for the 2012 presidential election. The president also appealed against the second sentence, which will be tried on appeal next November.
Sarkozy is facing a third legal front after the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office requested that Muammar Gaddafi appear last week to finance his 2007 presidential campaign with Libyan regime funds.