National Rally president calls for ‘peaceful mobilisation’ after Marine Le Pen convicted of embezzlement – as it happened
www.theguardian.comJordan Bardella says in petition there is a ‘dictatorship of judges’ as French far right leader barred from running for public office for five years
I agree, the nature of the convictions should be a factor. I also agree that a sort of “cooldown” from a conviction would be reasonable, before having eligibility for holding political office restored. I’ve been leary of the simplified “convicts shouldn’t hold office” statement though, since the original intention of that lack of disqualification criteria was, to my understanding, to prevent political imprisonment from barring opponents from holding office. That seems like the sort of thing the current administration would jump on if they could, as well.
that’s very fair and i should have been more careful is what i was getting at
The “cooldown” would normally be a stint in prison. Unfortunately he was only convicted but not sentenced.