The former boss of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Carlos Ghosn, spoke of a “technical obstacle” to his hearing by French justice, in an interview on Monday with the daily Le Parisien.
Accused of financial embezzlement, Mr. Ghosn was arrested in Japan in November 2018. And at the end of 2019, he had reached Lebanon via Turkey during an exfiltration operation. According to Le Parisien, he was to be heard on July 13 by an investigating judge in Nanterre.
“My lawyers have been discussing the conditions of this hearing with the investigating judge for weeks. There is a technical obstacle. My passport is in the hands of the Attorney General in Lebanon, because Japan has issued an international arrest warrant to me. I also want to be certain that my security is assured and that I am guaranteed freedom of movement, “explained Carlos Ghosn, adding that to go to France he must” cross other countries “.
“No one can assure me that the trip will be without interruption, without accident. The judge could, for example, have me questioned in Beirut where I am ready to answer all his questions,” assured the former car magnate who was under judicial supervision when he was exfiltrated in Lebanon.
He was out on bail, prohibited from leaving Japan, when he was exfiltrated from the archipelago during a spectacular escape on the evening of December 29.
Once in Lebanon, he posed as the victim of a “set-up” and assured that he had had “no other choice” than to flee from “partial” justice.
In early July, an Istanbul court began trying seven Turkish nationals accused of helping Ghosn escape. According to the indictment, Mr. Ghosn was concealed during the journey in a bulky case for a musical instrument in which holes had been drilled to allow the fugitive to breathe.
Asked by Le Parisien what he expected from France, Carlos Ghosn replied that he was “not naive …”. “I did not do the ENA, I do not have the usual connections of French employers, I do not belong to the establishment. The microcosm did not rightly consider me as part of its own”, a it detailed.
Asked also about his disputed record at the head of the Renault-Nissan alliance, he replied that he was “proud”.
“I would like someone to explain to me, if I was bad, why was my contract renewed in June 2018, just a few months before my arrest in Japan? The Board of Directors, on which two representatives of the State asked me as a whole to stay four more years. They knew everything about me: my strategy, my management, my personality. I’ve been at the head of Nissan for 17 years, thirteen of Renault , three years at Mitsubishi. If I had been a “volume freak” (production), we would have noticed, right? “
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The former boss of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Carlos Ghosn, spoke of a “technical obstacle” to his hearing by French justice, in an interview on Monday with the daily Le Parisien.
Accused of financial embezzlement, Mr. Ghosn was arrested in Japan in November 2018. And at the end of 2019, he had reached Lebanon via Turkey during an exfiltration operation. According to…
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