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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of embezzlement in the 2012 election and was sentenced to one year in prison for deportation.
In a four-week trial in May, the 66-year-old former president of the 66-year-old denied that his UMP party was in the middle of working with a popular party called Bygmalion to hide the true cost of competition.
Opponents say the campaign has cost 42.8 million euros at meetings and events using fake invoices, almost double the amount allowed under French election laws. He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture and that his confession had been obtained through torture.
Thirteen other protesters, including the campaign manager and UMP officials. He was also arrested and fined.
Sarkozy’s lawyer told BFM TV that his client, who did not appear in court to file a verdict, had appealed the appeal. As is customary in French law, he will not be able to appeal the decision until the final appeal process is completed.
A court ruling in Paris on Thursday is the second time this year the former president has been found guilty.
In March, he was convicted of fraud and bribery plot how his lawyer allegedly wanted to bribe a judge to gain access to information on another case, which has now been dropped, while Sarkozy was accused of allowing unfair competition money from L’Oréal’s successor Liliane Bettencourt. Sarkozy again appeals to be tried.
The former president, who remains popular among right-wing voters, is the second French president under the Fifth Republic to be tried after resigning. The late Jacques Chirac was sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for misusing public funds to hire fake employees during his time as mayor of Paris.
In his recent lawsuit, Sarkozy accused him of being a “myth”.
“I want someone to tell me how my 2012 campaign doubled in 2002. I did the same thing! The same cities! Where is my gold medal? “Then he said the money went somewhere else, not his campaign.
Judges on Thursday rejected the former president’s statement, saying he should have known what his colleagues were doing and the risk of exceeding the legal limit. “She continued to attend meetings, spent money and neglected herself, in choosing, overseeing and managing finances,” the court said.
Additional reports of Domitille Alain in Paris