Two days after his conviction in the so -called Libyan financing case, Nicolas Sarkozy says he does not hope “In no case” be pardoned in an interview au Sunday newspaper (JDD), published Saturday, September 27 in the evening. The Paris Criminal Court sentenced the former president to five years in prison on Thursday with an upcoming incarceration to have “Leave his closest” Collaborators canvass the Libya of Muammar Gaddafi to finance its victorious campaign in 2007.
Like the Sunday newspaper asks him if he hopes for a grace of Emmanuel Macron, the ex-head of the State answers: “In no case”. “To be pardoned, you have to accept your sentence, and therefore recognize your guilt. I will never recognize my guilt for something I have not done. I will fight until my last breath to have my honesty recognized ”he adds, concluding from a “I will defeat”. Grace only applies to a final and enforceable conviction, and is therefore not possible for the moment, Nicolas Sarkozy having appealed the judgment.
“All the limits of the rule of law have been raped”
In this river interview, he cites the words of the president of the court on the document published by the information site Mediapart in 2012 at the origin of the procedure – a note in Arabic on an agreement to support the candidate’s campaign at the Elysée. According to the magistrate, “The most likely is that this document is a false”.
“If there is a false, it is because there have been counterfeiters, manipulators and therefore a plot”estimates Nicolas Sarkozy. “In a normal world, the whole accusation should have collapsed. The court did exactly the opposite. I remind you that I lost the presidential election of 2012 very little. The Faux de Mediapart played a big role there. Who will repair this injustice? »»he continues.
Asked about the provisional execution of his sentence of five years’ imprisonment with a deferred effect warrant, Nicolas Sarkozy declares that he was expecting “To everything, but not that”. “All the limits of the rule of law have been raped. It is so incredible. Even in its nevertheless violent requisitions, the PNF [parquet national financier] had not asked for it! »»he notes. Nicolas Sarkozy was summoned on October 13 by the PNF, who will then tell him on what date he will be incarcerated, probably in a “Relatively close time”, According to a judicial source.
