Word: villepin
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...Those roles have since reversed. Sarkozy went on to capture the presidency, and eventually became a civil party to the criminal case built against de Villepin. Both Sarkozy and the politically appointed prosecutor in the case violated presumption of innocence rules by referring to de Villepin as guilty before the trial had even ended...
...Villepin himself then painted an image of a political show trial by declaring his troubles were due to "the dogged determination of one man, Nicolas Sarkozy" - who, de Villepin reminded journalists covering the trial, had once pledged to "hang up whoever did this to me from a butcher's hook". Little wonder, then, that even in claiming to turn the page, de Villepin made his view clear that he'd survived Sarkozy's political assassination attempt. "I salute the courage of the tribunal, which allowed justice and law to prevail over politics," the silvery-haired de Villepin said after...
...Recover from what? "Sarkozy," says a former political adviser to conservative politicians who asks to remain anonymous. Now "de Villepin will be gunning for" the president "with his honor restored and with his hatred magnified by 10. From here out, de Villepin will attack every move Sarkozy makes and position himself as a rival candidate in 2012 to defeat Sarkozy for the presidency - or at least guarantee he thwarts his re-election by dividing the right." (See the top 10 political sex scandals...
...other words, the legal bout of the de Villepin-Sarkozy slug-fest may be over, but the lack of a knock-out for either combatant means both will take their fight back to the cage-match brawling of politics...
...Read: "Sarkozy and Villepin: A Tale of Two Classes...