Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced: why the PNF was playing big

DECRYPTION

Sentenced to three years in prison, one of which was closed in the so-called "eavesdropping" affair, Nicolas Sarkozy decided to appeal the decision of the Paris Criminal Court.

This court decision is described as "severe" by those around him.

"It took courage to relax Nicolas Sarkozy," said Monday evening his lawyer, Me Jacqueline Laffont, implying that the judges would have condemned the former head of state out of corporatism, in solidarity with their colleagues from the National Financial Prosecutor's Office .

It must be said that for the PNF, this trial was also a real issue.

Because this was one of the most sensitive cases of the National Financial Prosecutor's Office, but also one of the most secret: wiretapping between Nicolas Sarkozy, his lawyer Thierry Herzog and a senior magistrate, Gilbert Azibert.

This file was carried from start to finish by the PNF, despite a possible leak which was the subject of an internal investigation.

A procedure that was not successful, but the repercussions of which are still causing a stir among magistrates today.

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Pounded accusation

It is an understatement to say that the result of this trial was eagerly awaited, as the accusation was shelled by the defense at the hearing and even long before by the support of Nicolas Sarkozy.

To the point that the national financial prosecutor in person came, during the indictment, to support his two colleagues.

An acquittal of the former president would have been perceived as a snub for the PNF.

This is not the case, even if the judges did not follow the two years in prison required, and even if the National Financial Prosecutor's Office will again have to support his accusations during the appeal trial of the former President of the Republic. .