Le Monde filed a lawsuit last year against Sarkozy's office on charges of espionage (the island)
A lawyer for the President and counter-espionage agency in France that the initial charges brought against his client on Monday in connection with the investigation into the allegations of spying on journalists French newspaper Le Monde.
Said Patrick Mesonev that the charges against the director of the French domestic intelligence Bernard Skarseni included "violation of the sanctity of confidentiality of correspondence" and "collecting data illegally."
Under French law, preliminary charges give judges the right to continue in the investigation before determining whether the case will be sent to the courts.
Comes of this investigation in the context of a lawsuit brought by the newspaper "Le Monde" last year, accusing the office of President Nicolas Sarkozy that he had asked the intelligence the French Interior to determine the source of a journalist in the information related to the issue of what is known as the "scandal Betancourt," and stop the leaks of this political file related financial Balthreyh Lilian Betancourt, the heir to the cosmetics group L'Oreal, which is the richest woman in Europe. Sarkozy's office has denied the accusations.
The exclusion of resignationHe said that his client Mesonev ruled out his resignation from the presidency of the CIA-run since 2007.
He called the Socialist candidate for the French presidential elections next Skarseni resign immediately.
Holland asked in an interview with French television channel first, saying: How can one imagine that the President of the counter-intelligence spying on journalists or on the agents of the public service? Holland and across the shock of not to invite the French Interior Ministry Skarseni to resign.
In response, the French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said the principle of "a person is innocent until proven guilty" should be sacred, adding that his government would not take action against Skarseni only after taking the case run its course.
Source: Associated Press