French President Sarkozy Sarkozy goes to prison for Campaign Finans Decuriracy

Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French President to go to prison, as he begins a five-year sentence for allegedly financing his election campaign with Libyan dictator Gaddashi.

As the two world wars of the Nazis emerged Philippe Pétain was imprisoned for treason in 1945 with any French leader bordering France.

Sarkozy, who was president from 2007-2012, appealed his imprisonment to La Santé prison, where he will live in a cell measuring 9 Sq m (95 sq ft) in the Jail’s Wrolate Wing.

More than 100 people were standing outside his villa in the exclusive 16th arrondissement of Paris, behind his son Louis, 28, who were called by supporters to support him.

Another son, Pierre, asked for a message of love – “nothing more, please.

Nicolas Sarkozy, 70, arrived at the entrance of the notorious 19th century prison in the district of Monsttarnasse south of the River Seine at 9:40 (07:40 GMT), amid high security.

He continues to protest his innocence in Libya Money adfrair adfrair sent a message to X as he was led to prison, saying “I have no doubts.

“It’s a power that can’t be unlocked, I mean [the French people] No one has ever been the President who locked them up this morning – it’s an innocent man,”

Sarkozy has said that he does not want special treatment at La Santé prison, even though he has been placed in isolation for his own safety as some prisoners sell drugs or have been convicted of drug trafficking.

Inside his cell he will have a toilet, a shower, a desk and a small TV. You will be allowed one hour a day to exercise, alone.

At the end of last week he was received at the velysée Palace of President Emmanuel Macron, who told reporters on Monday “It was normal that on a human level I should find one of my predecessors in that context”.

In another measure of official support for the former President, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said he would visit him in prison as part of his role in ensuring Sarkozy’s safety and the proper functioning of the prison.

He added: “I have no sympathy for human distress,” he added.

Before his arrival at La Santé prison, Sarkozy gave a series of press interviews, telling La Tribune: “I am not afraid of prison. I will keep my head held high, including the prison gates.”

Sarkozy has consistently denied any wrongdoing in the case involving allegations that his 2007 campaign was financed by millions of Euros in Libyan Cash.

The former Leader of the Center-Right was personally cleared of receiving money but was convicted of conspiring with close criminals, Brice Hortefeux and Claude Guéan, for their role in balancing Libya.

The two men both had talks with the head of Gadaffi’s intelligence and Gadaffi’s mother-in-law in 2005, at a meeting organized by Franco-LeBonke’s lawyer Ziad Tiakeddine, who died in the Sarkozy case.

When he appealed, Sarkozy was still presumed innocent but was told he should go to prison because of the “seriousness of the facts”.

Sarkozy said he would take two books from prison, the life of Jesus and the figure of Jesus Christ, the story of a man who wrongly thanked the escapees who escaped to commit adultery and did not retaliate against his persecutors.