“If Mr. Ghosn came to France, we will not extradite Mr. Ghosn, because France never extradites (Ed) never its nationals,” said Ms. Pannier-Runacher.
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VSArlos Ghosn will not be extradited if he comes to France, said Thursday the French Secretary of State for the Economy, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, on the BFMTV channel, about the ex-boss of Renault-Nissan who fled Japan where he was under house arrest. “If Mr. Ghosn came to France, we will not extradite Mr. Ghosn, because France never extradites (Ed) never its nationals,” said Ms. Pannier-Runacher.
“So we apply the same rules to Mr. Ghosn as to Mr. Everyone, but that does not prevent us from thinking that Mr. Ghosn does not have to evade Japanese justice; it’s just the same rights for everyone, French nationality is protective of its nationals, “she added. “I have no words to describe this leak,” also said the French secretary of state.
“Again, no one is above the law,” she said. “He was under house arrest, it is a very unpleasant condition, he did not have access to his relatives, I also understand that it is very unpleasant but his life was not in danger otherwise France would have intervened”, a she continued.
“A posture of consular assistance”
Arrested in Tokyo in November 2018, Carlos Ghosn was to be tried in Japan from April 2020. He is the subject of four charges, two for deferred income not declared to the stock exchange authorities by Nissan (which is also being prosecuted on this aspect ) and two others for aggravated breach of trust.
The businessman, who holds Lebanese, French and Brazilian nationalities, has always denied all of these accusations, claiming to have fled a “biased Japanese judicial system”.
Mr. Ghosn left Japan in mysterious conditions. Arriving in Beirut on Monday, he entered Lebanon with a French passport, according to airport authority documents that AFP was able to see. Investigations have been launched in Japan and Turkey into the circumstances of his flight.
“We are always, for any Frenchman, in a posture of consular assistance. We were for Mr. Ghosn when he had medication problems or when he was explaining to the Japanese authorities that being a little weakened we preferred to improve his conditions of detention, “explained Ms. Pannier again. Runacher.
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