Libyan affairs expert at the Royal United Services Institute, Jalal Al-Harchaoui, told our source on Sunday that regarding the issue of funding the 2007 French presidential election campaign, Sarkozy has not yet been convicted, as the trial only began two days ago.
Al-Harchaoui confirmed to our source that for the Libyan funds to be returned from France, as Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had claimed in a media appearance, the French authorities must comply with his request to return the election campaign funds. However, for this to be executed, a judicial decision is necessary, and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is not a judge, according to his statement.
