National Rally president calls for ‘peaceful mobilisation’ after Marine Le Pen convicted of embezzlement – as it happened
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Jordan Bardella says in petition there is a ‘dictatorship of judges’ as French far right leader barred from running for public office for five years
  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    97·
    7 days ago

    When convicted for embezzlement, someone should NEVER be allowed to run for government offices ever again

    • Robbity@lemm.eeEnglish
      37·
      7 days ago

      Funnily enough, when the law was introduced a few years ago, her party wanted the penalty to be lifelong ineligibility. They are probably happy it’s 5 years, now.

    • DicJacobus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      7 days ago

      coincidentally, according to conspiracy theorists and paranoid schizophrenics… Embezzlement is the “fake” charge that The Deep state, The Man, The new world order, the lizard people, etc will always bring against the persecuted patriotic good guy.

      in other words. the European and Russian far right will say the charges are fake and that its a political witch hunt.

  • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.caEnglish
    42·
    7 days ago

    What? A right-wing politician actually being held accountable for being awful and a criminal?

    Never thought I’d see the day. Good job, France!

  • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    6 days ago

    Good. In my country, a former PM who embezzled 1.6B is on the verge of being set free, with little in the way of jail time, while a construction worker who stole a loaf of bread got 40 years. Wtf.

    Edit: I got the bread story wrong. Not the 1.6B.

  • samuelazers@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    7 days ago

    They are learning from America and trying a different approach… Jail extremists before extremists jail you.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    7 days ago

    So presidential! She could be our new president here in the US! Imagine that! First Felon woman president!

    Man! We’re busting glass ceilings!

  • robador51@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    Of course Le Pen’s reaction is that this is politically motivated. I’m not familiar with the ins and outs of this case, but am assuming the verdict is sound. Reactions like this are in my mind more serious than the actual offence; they undermine the rule of law. If found guilty in her appeal they should take this reaction into account and ban her from office forever.