I went yesterday to stop by the 11th Criminal Chamber of the Paris court where the trial is taking place called Angolagate.
For those wishing to follow its progress, day by day, I invite them to read the excellent reviews Pascale Robert-Diard , following this trial for the newspaper Le Monde .
At the hearing yesterday, the day the sentence was indeed that of Mr. MESH, a former executive of the cell "compensation" of the Bank Paribas, which has structured the financing of weapons purchased by Angola.
The banker, or rather the bank executive, in a spirit of sincerity said, on a question of the Crown " when you're a banker, he must know to have blinders on," sentence immediately relieved by the President Parlos, which the state has the record of proceedings, sentence set by the press, eager to highlight the cynicism of the bankers, just looking on the underside of the operations they finance.
But most importantly for me, was not there (indignant cynicism of the banking profession, in my view it a little easier, even if it is in tune with the times ...)
No, the key lies elsewhere. After enact the aforementioned statement, the President has indeed added: "the court is not to morality."
No moral in the courtroom. No morals when it comes to justice, then appreciate only the facts, and interested only their legal qualification. Ignore common sense, public opinion, anything that falls within the doxa, to attach to the question whether the continuing violations were committed, and that's it.
It is unfortunate that this very sound maxim, "no morality" is not universally shared by the judiciary ...
For those wishing to follow its progress, day by day, I invite them to read the excellent reviews Pascale Robert-Diard , following this trial for the newspaper Le Monde .
At the hearing yesterday, the day the sentence was indeed that of Mr. MESH, a former executive of the cell "compensation" of the Bank Paribas, which has structured the financing of weapons purchased by Angola.
The banker, or rather the bank executive, in a spirit of sincerity said, on a question of the Crown " when you're a banker, he must know to have blinders on," sentence immediately relieved by the President Parlos, which the state has the record of proceedings, sentence set by the press, eager to highlight the cynicism of the bankers, just looking on the underside of the operations they finance.
But most importantly for me, was not there (indignant cynicism of the banking profession, in my view it a little easier, even if it is in tune with the times ...)
No, the key lies elsewhere. After enact the aforementioned statement, the President has indeed added: "the court is not to morality."
No moral in the courtroom. No morals when it comes to justice, then appreciate only the facts, and interested only their legal qualification. Ignore common sense, public opinion, anything that falls within the doxa, to attach to the question whether the continuing violations were committed, and that's it.
It is unfortunate that this very sound maxim, "no morality" is not universally shared by the judiciary ...
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