Sarkozy's security will be monitored in prison by two officers
The French Minister of the Interior has stated that this has been a decision of the Ministry of the Interior and that it is a question of 'ensuring' the security of the former head of State, so that two agents will remain in the next cell for 24 hours.
Nicolas Sarkozy, minutes before entering La Sant prison.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has spent his first night in La Sante prison to serve a five-year prison sentence. It remains to be seen how long he will be in prison, as his defense appealed the sentence and the court of appeal could decide in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, there will be two security officers in an adjoining cell to protect the former president's security.
The Minister of the Interior stressed in an interview with Europe 1 and CNEWS that this was a decision of the Ministry of the Interior, confirming the information previously published by TF1-LCI.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been in La Sant prison since yesterday to serve a five-year prison sentence, and in a cell next to him there will be two security officers to deal with the threats hanging over him, as French Interior Minister Lauren Núñez has just advanced.
FRANCE PRIME MINISTER SARKOZY
Nuñez says it was a decision of the Ministry of the Interior, and that these two Protection Service agents are part of the team that will keep the former president 24 hours a day. The agents will be in the cell next to Sarkozy.
Nicolas Sarkozy's security will be guarded in prison by two agents
Former French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy Francia is in La Santé prison with two security officers stationed in a cell next to him "in the face of threats hanging over him," Interior Minister Laurent Núñez said on Wednesday.
Two officers have been appointed to Sarkozy's prison security by decision of the Ministry of the Interior, Núñez said in an interview with Europe 1 and CNEWS, confirming information published by TF1-LCI on a provision taken together with Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin.
"It is a decision to ensure its security," Núñez has declared , confirming that these two Protection Service (SDLP) agents will be in the cell adjacent to the former president's 24-hour security team.
It specifies that the former Head of State is a beneficiary of a protection system because of its status and threats, which has been maintained during detention.
He added that this protection will be maintained "for as long as necessary".
Sarkozy, the first former president of the French Republic to be imprisoned, spent his first night in prison this Tuesday. He has been sentenced to pre-trial detention and provisional execution in connection with the financing of the2007 election campaign .
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