Nicolas Sarkozy stripped of his Legion of Honour: “It’s a shame for a president who doesn’t deserve this type of decision,” says Othman Nasrou, secretary general of the Republicans.

Following his one-year prison sentence in the wiretapping scandal, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has officially been stripped of his Legion of Honour. He becomes the second person to be stripped of this distinction after Marshal Pétain. Questioned on this subject, the Secretary General of the Republicans, Othman Nasrou, expressed his support for the former president: “ I want to express my support for Nicolas Sarkozy, (...) It is a disgrace for a president who does not deserve this type of decision, ” declared Othman Nasrou.

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Watch the full interview in the video above.