Mr Sarkozy has been under investigation in the Libya case since 2013. Investigators examined claims that Gaddafi’s government secretly gave Mr Sarkozy 50 million euros for his winning 2007 campaign. After becoming president in 2007, Mr Sarkozy welcomed Gaddafi to France with high honours later that year. Mr Sarkozy then put France at the forefront of Nato-led airstrikes that helped rebel fighters topple Gaddafi’s government in 2011. In an unrelated case, Mr Sarkozy was sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 re-election bid.

Source: Libya Today October 06, 2023 14:35 UTC