China News Service, Paris, March 2 (Reporter Li Yang) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy made his first voice on the 2nd after being sentenced, insisting that the verdict was unfair, and said that he would consider filing a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights on related cases.

　　Sarkozy was convicted of corruption by the Paris Misdemeanor Court on the 1st, and was sentenced to 3 years in prison with 2 years of probation.

Sarkozy did not personally express any remarks on the day the judgment was announced. He said through his lawyer that he would appeal.

　　Sarkozy broke his silence on the 2nd and expressed his views on the relevant case through the French newspaper Le Figaro.

He insisted that the relevant verdict “constituted a serious injustice” and that he could not accept “conviction for something he had not done”.

　　Sarkozy believes that the relevant verdict is "full of contradictions, without providing any evidence, just a bunch of indirect clues."

He reiterated his determination to appeal and hinted that this will be a long-term judicial process.

He also said that he would consider filing a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights on related cases.

　　The circumstances of Sarkozy's related cases are more complicated.

According to a previous report by Agence France-Presse, Sarkozy was accused in 2013 of illegally accepting funding from L'Oréal Group’s late heir Liliana Bettencourt in the 2007 presidential election; the prosecutor’s investigation stated that in exchange for the above-mentioned case Related inside information, Sarkozy promised to be promoted to the then senior judge Azibel.

Sarkozy himself denied this on different occasions, but the prosecution believed that Sarkozy bribed Azibel in disguise, regardless of success or failure.

　　Sarkozy, 66, served as French president from 2007 to 2012.

In recent years, he has been involved in lawsuits, but he still shows up frequently in public, trying to return to the forefront of French politics.

However, French public opinion generally believes that Sarkozy's sentence has made his own political prospects "dim."

　　Sarkozy said on the 2nd that he himself will not be a candidate for the future French presidential election, but he is still ready to play a role in the presidential election by supporting a certain candidate.

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