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| SARKOZY KIZIMBANI: Rais wa zamani wa Ufaransa Nicolas Sarkozy afunguliwa mashtaka ya rushwa rasmi leo baada ya kufanyiwa mahojiano na polisi kwa saa 15. |
PARIS — Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France who is trying to revive his political fortunes, was put under formal
investigation on Wednesday, a senior member of his conservative party said, in a corruption and influence-peddling case that threatens to upend his political ambitions.François Fillon, a former prime minister and a member of Mr. Sarkozy's right-leaning Union for a Popular Movement party, confirmed on his blog that Mr. Sarkozy had been put under formal investigation. "Nicolas Sarkozy is presumed innocent," he wrote.
The decision to open a formal investigation suggests that investigators believe they have enough evidence against the former president to link him to a crime, legal experts said. Under the French criminal justice system, a formal investigation is led by an investigating judge and can take months.
