France: Sarkozy comes under the radar of French prosecutors - By Ben MCPARTLAND

Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy loses his judicial immunity on Saturday. France's former president may soon face an embarrassing grilling by French prosecutors over a series of party funding allegations that had dogged his term in office.

After failing to win a second term in office, the former lawyer expressed his desire to re-enter the legal profession. His wish may be granted but not quite in the way he initially envisaged.

At 12.01am on Saturday, Sarkozy’s presidential immunity, a law which protects France’s head of states from prosecution, will be officially withdrawn.

Sarkozy will then be at the mercy of prosecutors and judges investigating a series of scandals related to illegal party funding and kickbacks which plagued his five years in office.  And with the loss of his immunity Sarkozy can now be hauled before judges to be questioned as a witness or even a suspect.

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