Sarkozy “will obviously comply” with his final conviction but will refer the matter to the ECHR

The former president announced through his lawyer that he would refer the case to the ECHR after his final conviction in the wiretapping affair.

Nicolas Sarkozy, definitively sentenced to one year in prison under an electronic bracelet for corruption and influence peddling in the wiretapping affair, will “comply” with the sanction pronounced but will refer the matter to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). ), announced this Wednesday, December 18, his lawyer, Me Patrice Spinosi.

“Nicolas Sarkozy will obviously comply with the sanction pronounced which is now final,” Mr. Spinosi commented to AFP. “At the same time, he will appeal to the European Court in the coming weeks, as he is now entitled to do, to obtain the guarantee of rights that French judges have denied him,” he added.

This appeal will be filed “before the end of the year”, he then clarified to the press, believing that European “jurisprudence” is favorable to his client.

“A sad day”

In a press release, Me Spinosi denounces the fact that “for the first time, in France, a person is criminally convicted on the sole basis of comments which were overheard while he was speaking with his lawyer”.

“It is a sad day, one where a former President of the Republic is required to take action before European judges to condemn a State over whose destiny he presided,” regrets the council in a press release.

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