In five years in prison was sentenced on Thursday (25/9), the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy After being found guilty by a Paris court for “conspiracy with Libya for illegal funding of election campaign”, in a decision that frozen France, since it has immediate effect which means that it will enter prison. He is the first president of the fifth Republic to be led to prison.
To a first reaction to announcement of the sentenceNicolas Sarkozy said he was a victim of scandalous injustice and hatred who “has no limits”. He described the sentence as “extremely serious for the rule of law” and stressed that he would appeal against the ruling and “sleep in prison with his head”, after the court ordered his detention on a later date, even in the event of appeal.
At his side his family has stood. After his wife Carla Bruni, their daughter Julia, sent a sweet message to Instagram.
His wife, Carla Bruni, who was present at his side when reading the sentence, stressed the positive side, sharing a photo of them holding hand-in-hand on Instagram. ‘Love is the answer’he added, adding the hashtag “Hate will not prevail”.
OR 13 -year -old daughter of the couple, Julia, posted a joint photo of them. It shows a loose and smiling Nicolas Sarkozy with a white pole t -shirt in front of his little daughter wearing a pink hat. The teenager accompanied this nostalgic post with the comment: “The strongest”.
Julia’s older brother. Louis Sarkozy, He also publicly supported their father. Nicolas Sarkozy’s son and Cecilia Etia also posted on Instagram by uploading a childhood photo to his father’s arms. “The sons of brave fathers, great, kind, just and tender are happy. The sons of honest men are happy, “he added.
“How lucky I am French. How lucky to have such a father. ” He also summarized the Sarkozy family’s fight: “Continue, move on, never give up.”
Louis Sarkozy’s mother, Cecilia, also defended her ex -husband. Writing on X, he said it was “above all, sad for our country, which has lost a sense of justice”:
“My heart is with Nicolas who I know is an honest man.”
On October 13, it will be set for his imprisonment.