After his conviction, Nicolas Sarkozy initiates the response
Nicolas Sarkozy says he is ready to go as far as the ECHR to have his innocence recognized.
AP - Christophe Ena
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After his sentence to three years in prison, one of which was closed in the "wiretapping" affair, which he immediately appealed, Nicolas Sarkozy decided to speak out to proclaim his innocence.
A media response that begins with an interview with the daily Le Figaro.
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"
I cannot accept to be condemned for what I did not do
".
These words pronounced by
Nicolas Sarkozy in
Le Figaro
sound like a promise to continue the fight to wash his honor in the face of what the former president considers a “
deep and shocking
”
injustice
.
"
I affirm that to convict in a state of law, one needs proof, and proof, there is none
", asserts the ex-head of state the day after his
sentence to three years of prison
, including one closed, for corruption and influence peddling.
He returns to his conflicting relations with the magistrates and raises the question of the “
partiality
” of some of them, in particular the
national financial prosecutor
's
office
(PNF)
which he accuses of fierceness without uttering the word.
Nicolas Sarkozy, who appealed against the decision, says he is ready to go to the European Court of Human Rights if necessary to have his innocence recognized.
Even if it means having his country condemned.
This would be for him "
the price of democracy
".
After the shock of the conviction, Nicolas Sarkozy begins his response.
The next step will be played on the 8 p.m. news from TF1.
A crucial moment for the one who declares in this interview that he will not run for the next presidential election, but who still intends to maintain his link with the French.
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See also: Conviction of Nicolas Sarkozy: the end of the right-wing appeal for the 2022 presidential election
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