French court sentences ex-president Sarkozy to one year in prison Election campaign spending more than the prescribed statute

French court sentences ex-president Sarkozy to one year in prison Election campaign spending more than the prescribed statute

On September 30, the BBC news agency reported that court in paris France Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, was sentenced to a year in prison for spending tens of millions of euros in Sarkozy’s failed 2012 election campaign. which is more than what is required by law However, the court said Mr Sarkozy would not face a prison sentence. They can be detained in their homes by wearing a follow-up bracelet.

Mr Sarkozy continued to deny that he had committed any wrongdoing. and is expected to file an appeal against the decision.

It was Sarkozy’s second sentence of a year in prison. By the past March He became the first former president of France. convicted of corruption and peddling influence But he remains free pending the appeal of the decision.

At the latest trial Sarkozy is accused, along with 13 other co-defendants, in a scandal known as Bygmalion, in which prosecutors say Sarkozy’s UMP party. It spent nearly double the 22.5 million euros required by law, and then tried to cover up by hiring a public relations firm called Bygmalion to invoice the party. Not with the campaign

At the trial on the same day A court in Paris has said the former French leader may not have known details about the matter. which he must see that the money is overdue but didn’t manage anything