What happens to Nicolas Sarkozy’s staff now that the former head of state is imprisoned in the Santé prison in Paris? The former president returned to the capital’s penitentiary center on Tuesday, October 21, after his conviction in the case of Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign.
As former president, Nicolas Sarkozy has resources allocated by the State. According to decree no. 2016-1302 of October 4, 2016, which regulates the means of the former tenants of the Elysée, involves “three employees, a service agent and a ‘suitable’ premises.” And some of this staff will continue to work for him, despite his imprisonment.
Towards a return to freedom for Christmas?
According to a document from the government’s general secretariat obtained by BFMTV, its two secretaries will continue to work for Nicolas Sarkozy, in order to “manage the mail and the numerous calls.” Its offices, located at number 77 rue Miromesnil in Paris, will always be occupied by its services, because “the lease contract extends until November 15, 2026.” InsteadA cook was placed at the disposal of the Ministry of the Interior and a subcontracted worker “requested the suspension of her contract with Bercy.”
If Nicolas Sarkozy has just been imprisoned, his lawyers have indicated that a request for release has already been submitted.
“From the moment he set foot in detention, the criteria that justify it do not apply. Nothing justifies this detention,” explains his lawyer, Christophe Ingrain.
This request will be examined by the appeal court, which has two months to rule on it. Therefore, it is not impossible that the former president was released from prison before Christmas.
On our channel, Christophe Ingrain said he expected his client to serve “between three weeks and a month in detention” before the appeal court decided. Will it go in the direction of Nicolas Sarkozy? Christophe Ingrain believes that “objectively there is no reason for the Court of Appeal to reject this release, but there is a judicial risk and we will face it.” In any case, Nicolas Sarkozy will remain the first president in the history of the Fifth Republic to be imprisoned. And the former tenant of the Elysée is not done with justice: the Court of Cassation will rule on his appeal in the Bygmalion case on November 26.
Source: BFM TV
