Former French president has already submitted a request for release, which will be analyzed by the court
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has the special protection of two officers in La Santé prison, in Paris, “due to his status and the threats against him”, revealed, this Wednesday, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Laurent Nuñez.
Speaking to CNews television and Europe 1 radio, the member of the French government said that “the protection system was maintained in prison”, in a “decision aimed at guaranteeing the safety” of the former president.
The aforementioned personal security agents were installed in a cell next to the one occupied since Tuesday by Sarkozy, who is 70 years old, and Nuñez said that the device will remain in place “as long as it is considered useful”.
Sarkozy, who claims his innocence, was convicted of allowing two advisers, precisely from the Internal Administration, to negotiate with the Libyan regime of Mouammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 presidential campaign.
He is the first former head of state of France and the European Union to be effectively arrested and was placed in one of the 15 nine-square-meter cells in that solitary confinement unit.
Sarkozy was the 23rd president of France and held the position between 2007 and 2012.
The former Gallic leader has already submitted a request for release through his lawyer, Christophe Ingrain.
The court has two months to analyze and make a decision, although the period should be shorter.
