A French court will rule next month on whether former president Nicolas Sarkozy can escape serving more time, after his lawyer sought on Monday, February 23rd to merge two sentences for convictions in separate cases.
A source following the case reported this tactic which, if successful, would help to mitigate the multiple legal issues facing the one-term (2007–2012) president since leaving office. He became modern France’s first-ever president to serve jail time last year, spending 20 days in custody in a case related to alleged Libyan funding of his 2007 election campaign. Sarkozy has since filed an appeal.
Adding to his woes, Sarkozy has also received two other definitive convictions in separate matters, adding to the legal pressure bearing down upon him.
The former president will return to court on March 16th to appeal the case related to the alleged Libyan funding in his earlier election campaign.
