woolybanana Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Or is it a plot to stop Sarkozy running again, or part of a plot by the examining magistrates who hated him? The war of words goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 [quote user="woolybanana"]Or is it a plot to stop Sarkozy running again, or part of a plot by the examining magistrates who hated him? The war of words goes on.[/quote]I doubt that he would go to prison. Even if found guilty, he'd get a suspended sentence and be cleared on appeal. Look at Juppé - banned from holding public office for 10 years, then within 2 years he is back in power after an appeal! And de Villepin?As I wrote this, I realised just how many of the politicians have been up before the beak on significant charges ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 He is obviously a poor victim of misguided accusations....in 4 different affairs [:)]He won't go to prison and I doubt he will be found guilty, but it might hamstring his capacity to wheel and deal for a while in his attempt to be re-elected in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Does this business throwup questions about the independence of the magistrature, given that he tried to abolish the examining magistrate and that the ne who is heading the enquiry seems to ha made some inflammatory statements. Or is it just smoke nd mirrors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I think it was he who wished to throttle the independence of the legal system and bring it under the control of the Ministry.In any case these affairs are always murky and full of dirty tricks, as was seen in the Clearstream business. It is Sarkozy's ex speechwriter Henri "Guano" (sic) who is behind the accusations against the judge and the judge is probably going to sue http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2013/03/23/le-juge-gentil-va-porter-plainte-contre-guaino_890785In a strangely timed co-incidence did you note the "suicide" of the avocat Olivier Metzner, very much implicated in defending some of the people in these cases, found dead in the water off his private island in the Gulf of Morbihan?http://www.slate.fr/france/69549/mort-metzner-clearstream-bettencourt-kerviel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Yes, but I hadn't made a link to the Sarkozy case. So, the bloodletting continues.Perhaps Melenchon will have a 'heart attack' next as he is definitely getting up Hollande's nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 More sub-plots than Spiral (Engrenages); Perhaps the judge is being pushed to make accusations that can be refuted and bring a new improved shiny nouveau de Gaulle to the limelight in a 21st century PR stunt[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Devious, JJ, devious. Do you have a good dollop of French blood by any chance, though Italian would do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I think I'll take that as a compliment Wools, but just where are we heading? (apart from hell in a handcart) [:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Dictatorship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ceour de Lion II Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 [quote user="woolybanana"]Dictatorship?[/quote]Thomas Hobbes would probably settle for that over what you guys have now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I didn't want to be the first to mute the fourth Reich . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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