With his imprisonment, the fall of Claude Guéant will never end

A former senior official in his rank was never aware of such a judicial rule. Claude Quant, a 77-year-old former politician, general secretary of the Elysee, who was transferred to the failed private sector as interior minister, will soon spend his first night in jail on Monday, December 13th. “Vulnerable People District” Health Prison in Paris. He can stay there for nine months. “His health is worrying and I will do everything I can to get him out soon so he can execute the sentence at home.”, I said The world His lawyer, Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi, is preparing to appeal to the judge responsible for the use of the sentences.

The “cardinal” – who at one time was known for his frugality, work ethic and influence – was surrounded by business and stuck in cabinet “premiums” and was sentenced in 2017. Two years in prison, including a suspended sentence, and a fine of 75,000 euros for embezzling public funds. He was paid a salary of 8,000 euros and 2,200 euros in compensation, as well as 5,000 euros a month in premiums. Thanks to these funds taken from the cost of the investigation, he is said to have donated more than 110,000 euros in large sums to his family members between 2008 and 2013. The investigation revealed that he paid the remaining amount to 3 of his employees.

On November 9, part of his parole and his suspension were overturned by the Paris Court of Appeal, which charged him with failing to pay the fines and damages required to settle the dispute.

Its financial position has already resumed exceptional deliberations on the Elysée referendum on December 3 (Patrick Buisson and Pierre Giacometti’s surveys issued between 2007 and 2012 when he was Elysee’s general secretary without a call for tenders), before the Paris Criminal Court. During the trial, Claude Guéant argued a bad professional situation and failed to convince the judges of the difficulties in repaying his debt to the state.

A “talk about vulnerability”

Before the court, he explained that he was living a short life and was suffering from suffocation due to legal judgments. “Resources 1, 1,622”, Stuck in personal debt. She also said she bought part of her life insurance for ,000 130,000 to help her children who are struggling to find work. His lawyer recalled that he had only the benefit of the doubt in his Parisian apartment at 16^e Two properties seized by the courts in 2007 as part of a possible investigation into Libyan funding for Nicolas Sarkozy’s campaign, the district in Durtal (Maine-et-Loire) and its secondary home.

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