“In prison there is nothing to see and nothing to do,” writes the former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, in the statement released this Friday, in which he announces the publication of his book, ‘Le journal d’un prisioner’ (‘The diary of a prisoner’).
The book, from the Fayard publishing house, directed by Vincent Bolloré, will go on sale next December 10 with a price of €20.90. In its 216 pages, Sarkozy narrates his experience after passing 20 days in the Parisian prison of La Santé. “In prison there is nothing to see and nothing to do. I forget the silence that does not exist in La Santé, where there is much to hear. There, unfortunately, the noise It is constant. But, as in the desert, the inner life “he grows stronger in prison,” he wrote on his X account. According to those around him, the former president “wanted to share his experience with the French people” and tell “the story of his life,” addressing “this difficult period.”
The former head of state, 70, was imprisoned after being sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of 100,000 euros for illicit association in the Gaddafi case. The court’s decision to send him directly to prison generated a great division of opinion in France; on the one hand, the followers of the former president, who considered that it was a revengeand on the other, those who believed that the sentence was a positive example about the health of democracy. Not only his conviction, but also his treatment in prison generated a great stir. During those weeks, the politician had the 24-hour surveillance by two agents, who slept in an adjoining cell, and received a visit from Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin.
Provisional release
On November 10, after 20 days in provisional prisonNicolas Sarkozy was released after the Paris Court of Appeal considered that the provisional detention ordered by the investigating judge was not justified, since there was no risk of escape or destruction of evidence. Now the president is in provisional release awaiting trial, without the possibility of leaving French territory or maintaining contact with any official of the Ministry of Justice, including the minister himself, Geráld Darmanin.
Still, his arrest was a historic moment; Sarkozy became the first French head of state to go to prison for some events linked to his presidential race. Although his problems with the law have not ended. The politician must appear again before the Paris Court of Justice on March 16, after filing an appeal for appeal of the sentence.
Subscribe to continue reading
