Former President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy will be tried on appeal in the Libya financing case from March 16 to June 3, the Paris Court of Appeal announced in a press release issued Thursday, November 13.
The former President of the Republic was sentenced, on September 25, to five years in prison with a warrant of execution accompanied by provisional execution for criminal conspiracy in the case of financing his presidential campaign in Libya as the Paris criminal court found him guilty of deliberately allowing his collaborators to approach Libya under the leadership of Muammar Gaddafi to request secret funding for his victorious 2007 presidential campaign.
After twenty days of pre-trial detention, Nicolas Sarkozy was released from La Santé prison on 10 November following a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal on the same day.
He was placed under judicial supervision at the request of the public prosecutor’s office. The judiciary also prohibited Nicolas Sarkozy from contacting the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, in light of his statements “capacity to operate a wide range of state services” as a former president. The Seal Guard visited him at the end of October, and this interview attracted criticism, especially from the judges. In addition, a ban on contact with all defendants and the office of the Minister of Justice was also imposed, as well as a ban on leaving the area.
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