Nicolas Sarkozy during his trial, March 1, 2021. -

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Former President Nicolas Sarkozy denounces "a deep injustice" after his conviction to prison and does not rule out going before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) so that "the law and justice triumph", in an interview with

Figaro

posted online this Tuesday.

"I felt the deep, shocking injustice of the procedures launched against me for ten years", he affirms daily, assuring to have "preserved (his) determination for the triumph of law and justice, like that should occur in the rule of law ”.

"Each time these rules are flouted, as is the case in this case," claims the former head of state, "my indignation and my determination are increased tenfold."

An appeal trial

Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced Monday to three years in prison, including one for "corruption and influence peddling" in the so-called "tapping" affair, a decision he will appeal.

"I cannot indeed accept to have been condemned for what I did not do", he affirms Sarkozy, denouncing a judgment "riddled with inconsistencies" and which "does not state any evidence, but a bundle of clues ”, still according to him. 

Referring to "a long-term fight", he recalls having appealed against the judgment.

But "perhaps this fight will have to end before the European Court of Human Rights".

"It would be painful for me to have my own country condemned, but I am ready because that would be the price of democracy," he adds.

Not a candidate in 2022

If he “refutes” the expression “Republic of judges”, because “honest and impartial magistrates are in the majority”, he wonders: “who would want to deal with a magistrate like the first vice-prosecutor of the PNF Patrice Amar?

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Asked about his political future, while some on the right saw him as a possible "recourse" for the 2022 presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy assures him: "I said that I will not be a candidate for the presidential election, I will. maintain ”.

This "does not mean that I will not say what I think at the time of the elections, next year", he adds.

"When everyone has asserted their legitimate ambitions, I will say who I support and why I do it, in complete transparency with my political family," he assures, sidestepping the question of possible support for Emmanuel Macron.

"I am still a member of my political family, I will not abandon it," he assures us.

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