Opinion
Libya’s Fiscal Fiction
Fixing Libya’s economy will require undoing the racket, not cosmetic consensus Libya’s economy is in free fall, and
French prosecutors are set to outline their sentencing recommendations against ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy, beginning Tuesday. Sarkozy, 70, charged with corruption and illegal financing of his 2007 campaign, allegedly entered a funding pact with Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. The trial, also implicating three former ministers, has spanned ten weeks. Testimony included claims from Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, about being coerced to alter his statements. Final prosecution recommendations are expected by Thursday evening.
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