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A former Prime Minister of a first world country in jail is insane. He must have made a crime without the help of others because in political scandals usually a

A former Prime Minister of a first world country in jail is insane. He must have made a crime without the help of others because in political scandals usually a whole gang of public people is liable. Then you have to convict the monkey with the bananas and the whole tree. If we follow the French justice, in my country (Greece) about 10% of people including almost all the politicians of the last decades should be in jail.

Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y ago
Well the crime was about using syria's then dictator muhammar kadafi's blood money for his first presidential campaign. So there is a very strong incentive to keep this as private as possible. And in effect he's not the only one to be trialed and judged.
- pif 1y ago
  s/Syria/Libya/
  - philipwhiuk 1y ago
    which really makes me skeptical of the whole thing
    - Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y ago
      I apologize for my mistake it is lybia in fact and not syria. If you want to read about it in english, mediapart (one of the leading investigative journal on that case) has translated many of its articles : https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/dossier/sarkozy-gaddafi-funding-affair https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/dossier/sarkozy-gadd... I believe there is a complete recap somewhere but sadly can't find it
  - Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y ago
    Oups I'm so sorry you're right.
- AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
  And everyone can guess who was president when France was very eager to move against him. The UN mandate was just for securing the air space. But France and Britain successfully went in for the kill instead, making sure Sarkozy never had to pay back that money.
- deleted 1y ago
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Xixi 1y ago
Sarkozy was not the only one sentenced to jail in that trial: Claude Guéant and Brice Hortefeux were also convicted, receiving sentences of six years and two years, respectively. And then there are the many other trials involving Sarkozy and those around him...
- yujzgzc 1y ago
  Some also "escaped" by death (Takieddine)
School-Cotton 1y ago
President, not Prime Minister.
regularjack 1y ago
President
rsynnott 1y ago
Chirac also got a jail sentence, though it was suspended on account of his age. In Ireland, we prefer to just tie them up in tribunals for the rest of their lives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haughey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haughey (PM til '92, under investigation from '97 to '06, at which point he died)
- etiennebausson 1y ago
  That's what Sarkozy was going for, he had been slowing the procedure by any means necessary for 13 years. That's why he's so pissed he was send to prison during his appeal. He expected to slow that down too, and get to stay at home on account of his age should he lose his appeal.
lugu 1y ago
His gang went way off track. The big picture is pretty wild and his involvement started in the 90s. This isn't your average politician stealing money.

Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y ago

Well the crime was about using syria's then dictator muhammar kadafi's blood money for his first presidential campaign. So there is a very strong incentive to keep this as private as possible. And in effect he's not the only one to be trialed and judged.

pif 1y ago
s/Syria/Libya/
- philipwhiuk 1y ago
  which really makes me skeptical of the whole thing
  - Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y ago
    I apologize for my mistake it is lybia in fact and not syria. If you want to read about it in english, mediapart (one of the leading investigative journal on that case) has translated many of its articles : https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/dossier/sarkozy-gaddafi-funding-affair https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/dossier/sarkozy-gadd... I believe there is a complete recap somewhere but sadly can't find it
- Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y ago
  Oups I'm so sorry you're right.
AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
And everyone can guess who was president when France was very eager to move against him. The UN mandate was just for securing the air space. But France and Britain successfully went in for the kill instead, making sure Sarkozy never had to pay back that money.
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Xixi 1y ago

Sarkozy was not the only one sentenced to jail in that trial: Claude Guéant and Brice Hortefeux were also convicted, receiving sentences of six years and two years, respectively. And then there are the many other trials involving Sarkozy and those around him...

yujzgzc 1y ago
Some also "escaped" by death (Takieddine)

School-Cotton 1y ago

President, not Prime Minister.

regularjack 1y ago

President

rsynnott 1y ago

Chirac also got a jail sentence, though it was suspended on account of his age. In Ireland, we prefer to just tie them up in tribunals for the rest of their lives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haughey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haughey (PM til '92, under investigation from '97 to '06, at which point he died)

etiennebausson 1y ago
That's what Sarkozy was going for, he had been slowing the procedure by any means necessary for 13 years. That's why he's so pissed he was send to prison during his appeal. He expected to slow that down too, and get to stay at home on account of his age should he lose his appeal.

lugu 1y ago

His gang went way off track. The big picture is pretty wild and his involvement started in the 90s. This isn't your average politician stealing money.