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FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
Sat Apr 28, 2012, 06:44 PM Apr 2012

Sarkozy denies Gaddafi 'funded' 2007 campaign

The government of the late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi agreed to fund French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign with an estimated $66m, a French news website has reported.

The Paris-based investigative website Mediapart on Saturday published what it said was documentary evidence of the illegal campaign funding.

Sarkozy strongly denied the allegations when first questioned by French journalists in March. Sarkozy's campaign spokesperson Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet dismissed the latest report as "ridiculous" and a "clumsy diversion" orchestrated by supporters of Francois Hollande, his Socialist opponent in the upcoming presidential election.

France has strict campaign financing laws, banning politicians from taking funding from foreign states.

The 2006 document, written in Arabic, was signed by Gaddafi's intelligence chief Moussa Koussa, who reportedly now lives in Doha, Qatar.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/201242814462322719.html

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Sarkozy denies Gaddafi 'funded' 2007 campaign (Original Post) FarCenter Apr 2012 OP
He is so screwn longship Apr 2012 #1
Nice to know France also has filthy lying scum as heads of state... joeybee12 Apr 2012 #2

longship

(40,416 posts)
1. He is so screwn
Sat Apr 28, 2012, 07:45 PM
Apr 2012

He might as well go on nat'l TV and say that it is absolutely ridiculous to claim that he beats his wife.

He is going to lose big.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
2. Nice to know France also has filthy lying scum as heads of state...
Sat Apr 28, 2012, 07:47 PM
Apr 2012

We had Reagan, two Bushes...so they still have a little catching up to do.

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