Breaking news December 18th at 2pm
The Court of Cassation has rejected the appeal of the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy in the wiretapping case, making his sentence of three years in prison definitive, one of which without parole, with the benefit of electronic bracelet for corruption of a magistrate and influence peddling.
“I want to reiterate my perfect innocence,” declared Sarkozy, who spoke of “profound injustice.” «I was convicted of a so-called “corruption pact” with someone – the Judge Azibert – with whom I have not spoken, without any compensation, neither financial nor of any kind”, Sarkozy wrote on X.
“As I have always done during these 12 long years of judicial persecutionI will assume my responsibilities and face all the consequences. It is absolutely not my intention to complain. I am aware that I have been favored by life in many ways. But I am not determined to accept the profound injustice that has been done to me.” «My rights», Sarkozy underlined, «have been violated both in terms of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and that of the Constitutional Council. My appeal to the ECHR could unfortunately lead to France’s condemnation. This could have been avoided if I had benefited from calm legal analysis.”
«I want to reiterate my perfect innocence and remain convinced of my rights. My determination is total on this issue as on the others. There truth in the end he will triumph. At that point everyone will have to answer to the French”, concluded the former President of the Republic. (reproduction reserved)
