Madrid, November 10 (European Press) –
The French Public Prosecutor’s Office demanded, on Monday, the release of former President Nicolas Sarkozy under judicial supervision procedures after nearly 20 years in prison after he was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of forming a criminal gang in connection with the money he obtained for his election campaign from the regime of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Therefore, they stressed that the former president should be prohibited from contacting witnesses and other parties in the case to avoid any kind of interference in the process, within the framework of a hearing scheduled to be held next Monday that could lead to Sarkozy’s release from prison.
The former president himself, who appeared via video, confirmed that he “will never admit” that he requested funding from the former Libyan leader, before stating that his stay in prison was a “horrific experience,” according to the BFM television network. “It’s difficult, it’s very difficult,” he said.
The hearing will be held after Sarkozy’s lawyers appealed his sentence, a process expected to take place in 2026, where the request revolves around the possibility of him not remaining in prison until his sentence is weighed or approved on appeal.
Sarkozy entered prison on October 21, claiming that he was the victim of a “judicial scandal” that “humiliated” France. The former conservative leader, who became the first former president of France to go to prison, has always denied any wrongdoing and denounced the alleged political persecution against him through the courts.
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