“The system has put forward the atomic bomb and if they use such a powerful weapon against us, then because we are about to win the elections,” the former chairman of the right -wing populist party racial national, Marine Le Pen, even the day after their conviction. Party leader Jordan Bardella now called on national protests.
Judge Bénédicte De Perthuis said on Monday on the basis of the verdict that Le Pen was central in a system that darkened more than four million euros in EU funds and was sent to her party illegally. The lack of repentance of the accused was one of the reasons why they were forbidden to perform a public office with immediate effect. Le Pen was also sentenced to four years in prison, two of which must be suspended and two must be operated under house arrest. Moreover, she has to pay 100,000 euros.
Le Pen: “I don’t let myself be switched off alone”
For Le Pen and her party friends it is a “political judgment”. But the 56-year-old is still not beaten. She wants to appeal. In a TV interview on Monday evening, she promised her followers: “I am not alone that way.” On Tuesday she said at a press conference: her opponents saw that all steps had not brought anything against her so far and therefore switched a equipment higher. “Things are very clear, we do not tolerate everything,” said the RN factory leader. It is also about “defending the French who have the right to choose who they want and to defend the country because the country is still going on today.” The whole drafting of the judgment is “madness,” she said.
RN chairman Bardella announced: “We’re taking to the streets this weekend.” “I think the French should be furious today, and I tell them: be furious!”, Bardella emphasized in Radio Europe 1 and on the television station CNEW. In many cities, party officials are already spreading support flights and drums for the protests on the participants of the weekend.
Le Pen Judge under police protection
One of the highest judicial officers in France has defended the conviction of Le Pen for non-selection. “It is not a political decision, but a legal decision made by three independent judges,” said Rémy Heitz, public prosecutor of the court, on Tuesday to the Omroep RTL. “The verdict fell at the end of a fair trial, after a two -month negotiation,” he added.
The judges had applied the law and imposed legal penalties, he emphasized. Heitz condemned the personal hostility to the judges who had entrusted the case. He was “shocked” that the presiding judge had to be brought under police protection. According to information from judicial circles, a police patrol is currently monitoring its house after receiving threats.
Even Premier criticizes the judgment
In addition to legal politicians in France and also in other EU countries, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has also expressed doubts about the opinion that the prohibition on candidacy now applies. “It’s true that there are questions,” said the center politician in Paris. “According to our legal principle, every serious decision must be made in criminal cases.” Bayrou criticized the provisional execution of such a punishment that serious decisions with potentially irreversible consequences are not disputable. “I believe this option should exist.” It is the task of parliament to think about it.
Source: Krone
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