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Sarkozy wants to appeal the verdict to the European Court of Justice!
France's Supreme Court confirms Nicolas Sarkozy's corruption conviction. The ex-president plans to appeal to the ECHR.
Sarkozy wants to appeal the verdict to the European Court of Justice!
A huge blow for Nicolas Sarkozy! France's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the former president's controversial conviction for corruption and influence peddling. A verdict that shakes the country's political landscape!
The Cour de Cassation, the country's highest court, has upheld the 2021 decision that sentenced Sarkozy to three years in prison. But here's the kicker: Two years of this sentence are suspended, and instead of prison, the ex-president is monitored with an electronic ankle bracelet. A scandal for many!
A cry of innocence
Sarkozy's lawyer, Patrick Spinosi, has already announced that the former president plans to appeal the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights. “The challenge I am about to put forward could, unfortunately, lead to a conviction against France,” Sarkozy wrote on Platform X. He emphasized: “I would like to make it clear once again that I am clearly innocent.”
The allegations against Sarkozy are serious: He is said to have attempted to bribe and influence a judge in order to obtain secret information about an investigation into his campaign finances in 2007. A dangerous game that now has consequences!
A second case of corruption
The evidence is overwhelming! Sarkozy was convicted of trying to secure a job for judge Gilbert Azibert in Monaco in exchange for inside information about the investigation into illegal payments from L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. Azibert himself was also convicted of corruption.
But that's not all! Sarkozy, who has withdrawn from public life since 2017, faces further corruption allegations. He will go on trial next year for alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign - with explosive allegations that he received money from the Libyan government. If he is convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison!
With this conviction, Sarkozy becomes only the second French president in modern history to be convicted of corruption. His predecessor Jacques Chirac was convicted in 2011 - four years after his resignation. A dark chapter in the history of French politics!
The developments surrounding Sarkozy are not only a legal drama, but also a political earthquake that is keeping the nation in suspense. How will the story develop further? The eyes of the world are on France!