Case of "tapping": two years in prison required against Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the Paris court on December 7, 2020. REUTERS - BENOIT TESSIER
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The national financial prosecutor requested this Tuesday, December 8 four years in prison, including two suspended sentences, against the former President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy, tried for corruption and influence peddling, an unprecedented trial in France.
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After nearly five hours of a methodical and arid indictment, the financial prosecutor Jean-Luc Blachon requested four years in prison, including two suspended sentences, against Nicolas Sarkozy.
He called for the same penalties for the two other defendants in this trial, the former high magistrate Gilbert Azibert and Thierry Herzog, historical lawyer of the former president, asking for the latter that it be accompanied by a five-year ban. professional.
"
The facts would not have occurred if a former president, lawyer in addition, had kept in mind the greatness, the responsibility, and the duties of the load which was his
", launched the prosecutor.
“
The Republic does not forget its presidents, if only because they make history.
Conversely, we cannot admit of a former president that he forgets the Republic and what it has been wearing for several decades: a rule of law,
”continued Jean-Luc Blachon.
Denouncing the "
devastating effects of this affair which hits the values of the Republic
", the financial magistrate considered that it had "
damaged
" the judicial institution, the legal profession and the presidential image.
In the aftermath of Nicolas Sarkozy's firm denials
at the helm, the two representatives of the prosecution began in the middle of the afternoon to demonstrate the “corruption pact”, which they said in early 2014 between the three men.
The former president (2007-2012) is suspected of having concluded a “corruption pact”, by obtaining information protected by secrecy, via his lawyer Thierry Herzog, from the high magistrate Gilbert Azibert, on an appeal to the Court of cassation.
The latter is also suspected of having tried to influence the procedure, in exchange for the promise of a "
boost
" for a post in Monaco - which he ultimately never had.
Everyone has witnessed the fact that today, finally, we can say that the requisitions are also disproportionate compared to the absence of this prosecution throughout these debates.
Me Jacqueline Laffont, lawyer for Nicolas Sarkozy
(With
AFP
)
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