The right-wing rejoices Thursday, after the surprise withdrawal of Ziad Takieddine's accusations against Nicolas Sarkozy in the investigation into suspicions of Libyan financing of the 2007 presidential campaign. Republican (LR) and ex-LR officials call for justice to establish "
responsibilities
" in what they consider to be a "
plot
" against the ex-president.
Read also: Libyan funding: Takieddine withdraws his accusations against Sarkozy
“
We never doubted
”, underlined in a tweet the number two of LR Guillaume Peltier, evoking “
astounding revelations
”.
“
The truth is out.
May it overwhelm the slanderers, with little faith and law,
”he said, calling for
“ that they be judged and punished
”.
"
The truth always triumphs
", rejoiced for his part Damien Abad, boss of LR deputies.
"
Those who fomented this plot, in defiance of justice, will have to account for it
", also wished the deputy LR Guillaume Larrivé.
"
How and why in a rule of law do we end up harassing a former President of the Republic without results and with complete impunity?"
"Asked his colleague Julien Aubert.
"Turnaround"
The tone is the same among ex-LR.
"
For 8 years, the word of a gang of crooks was put on the same level as that of Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of the Republic
", took offense Xavier Bertrand, president of Hauts-de-France and ex -minister of the former head of state.
“
Faced with this reversal of the situation, I hope that the truth will prevail quickly!
“, Added Valérie Pécresse, president (Libres!) Of the Ile-de-France region.
On the left, Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the PCF, for his part estimated on Europe 1 that "
it may be necessary to know what he (Ziad Takieddine,
Editor's note
) received, between
" the moment when he claimed to have recovered from money to Nicolas Sarkozy and the one where he said the opposite.
To read also: Suspicions of Libyan financing of the 2007 campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy: what are we talking about?
In November 2016, while Nicolas Sarkozy was running for the right's inauguration for the presidential election, Ziad Takieddine, a sulphurous intermediary and one of the main prosecution witnesses against the ex-president, had claimed to have conveyed between November 2006 and early 2007
"A total of five million euros"
in suitcases during three trips between Tripoli and Paris.
On Wednesday, he withdrew his accusations, in a video unveiled by
Paris Match
and BFMTV.
To read also: Libyan affair: Sarkozy's lawyer wants to dismantle the "plot"
"
The truth is out
" finally, triumphed in messages on social networks Nicolas Sarkozy, indicted in this case since March 2018 for "concealment of embezzlement of public funds", "passive corruption" and "illegal financing of electoral campaign" , and since mid-October for “criminal association”.
He asked his lawyer Thierry Herzog "to
file a request for 'dismissal' for examination and to initiate proceedings for slanderous denunciation against Ziad Takieddine
".