“I am sorry for you that you are the spokeswoman for Gaddafi’s son,”
Sarkozy said, visibly angered by the question.
“Gaddafi, who is known for talking nonsense, even said that there were
cheques. Well then the son should just go ahead and produce them then,”
he said.
Earlier on Monday Sarkozy’s campaign spokeswoman, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet,
also denied there was anything behind the report, saying that allegations
had been repeatedly made but no proof had emerged.
A spokesman for Socialist party challenger Francois Hollande refused to
comment on the report beyond pointing out that Gaddafi had visited Paris
after the 2007 election.
“Anyone could have been legitimately surprised by how Gaddafi was
received by the current government until not that long ago,” said
Bernard Cazeneuve.
The spokesman added that if Hollande won the election he would lift state
secrecy rules regarding the Karachi bombing. French magistrates are
examining whether the attack was a reprisal against France’s decision to
stop commissions on arms sales in Pakistan, and if there was any link to
campaign funding during another French election, back in 1995.
Mediapart, staffed by a number of veteran French newspaper and news agency
journalists, gained prominence in 2010 when it broke news of a major
political funding scandal around Sarkozy’s UMP party and L’Oreal heiress
Liliane Bettencourt.
Source: Reuters
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