Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted a judicial source as saying that the court will issue its official decision on the request, confirming what was published by Le Figaro newspaper.
It is noted that Sarkozy has been in custody since October 21st in La Santé prison in Paris, after being convicted and immediately imprisoned on charges of conspiracy in the Libyan case, a step described as unprecedented in the history of the French Republic.
The Paris Criminal Court issued a ruling on September 25th sentencing him to five years in prison, after convicting him of allowing close associates to hold meetings with officials in the Gaddafi regime to discuss secret funding for his presidential election campaign in 2007.
Sarkozy has appealed the ruling, and his new trial is expected to begin next March, although the deadlines have not yet been definitively set.
Observers note that the judges justified their decision to arrest him by the “exceptional seriousness” of the actions attributed to him, while Sarkozy considered that these measures were purely politically motivated.
In a related context, the Paris Public Prosecutor announced that two prisoners who made death threats against Sarkozy one day after he entered prison will be prosecuted, as one of them posted a video clip via the TikTok application vowing to take revenge for Muammar Gaddafi.
