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Politics: “I was personally hurt” by François Fillon, confides Robert Bourgi, Franco-Lebanese lawyer and political advisor
Robert Bourgi publishes his memoirs under the title “They know that I know everything, my life in Françafrique”. The lawyer testifies to 40 years of French politics.
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Robert Bourgi publishes his memoirs under the title “They know that I know everything, my life in Françafrique”. The lawyer testifies to 40 years of French politics.
A pillar of Franco-African relations for decades, Robert Bourgi publishes his memoirs. He recounts his life and the decades spent at the heart of French politics. “I navigated for four decades at the highest level of the French State. From the time of President Mitterrand to the time of Mr. Chirac, to the time of Nicolas Sarkozy, and I was the man in the shadows until what I started to talk about. I am 79 years old, I wanted to say a little in writing my memoirs, everything I did, everything I saw, everything I heard. for 40 years”explains the Franco-Lebanese political advisor
He returns in particular to his relationship with François Fillon before the 2017 presidential election. “I knew François Fillon in 1979. I met him and I liked him immediately. For 40 years, I helped him until he was designated as a right-wing presidential candidate in 2016. At that time, the man I saw two to three times a week became absent. I was personally hurt.confides the lawyer.
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