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Marine Le Pen
“Our battle will be like yours, peaceful and democratic, and we can say that the example comes from Martin Luther King, who spoke of civil rights. And it is the rights of the French that are being put into question.”
The leader of the French far right, Marine Le Penprevented from running for presidency in 2027 due to, said this Sunday that he will not give up and denounced the “lies, slander and false judgments” to which he was submitted.
Faced with several thousand supporters gathered in Parisian Square Vauban, along with the invalids, Le Pen denounced a judicial persecution, such as other far-right leaders, among whom cited the vice president of the Italian government, Matteo Salvini, but also André Venturawith whom it says sharing status of manipulation victim.
Ventura was one of the few far right leaders who was not sympathetic to Marine Le Pen, sentenced to prison, two years with an electronic bracelet. the French historical leader to the Prime Minister Luís Montenegro.
“It is no worse” the case of Le Pen than the case of the Portuguese Prime Minister (…) the French justice would have already handcuffed him and taken to a prison in Paris, “said the arrival leader.
Le Pen also called the activist Martin Luther King to denounce the injustice you see in your situation.
“Our battle will be like yours (Salvini), peaceful and democratic, and we can say that the example comes from Martin Luther King, who spoke of civil rights. And it is the rights of the French who are being put into question,” said Le Pen. And called activist Martin Luther King to compare his situation.
“The attack is very violent and affects all the French people. It is not only my future that is at stake, but the country, the French people, who can not elect or vote for a candidate who wants to direct our country, since I was already the favorite in previous presidential elections,” he said.
“It was not a court decision, it was a political decision,” said the leader, among applause of militants and supporters of the Union Party (RN, in the acronym in French), in a statement of support after her conviction for diversion of European funds, which made her ineligible for public positions for five years.
The lawsuit was called by the current party leader, Jordan Bardella, who encouraged the far right to leave the street to protest the court decision, which also condemned Le Pen to four years in prison (two of which are effective, attenuated for use of electronic bracelet).
Part of the French opposition classified this manifestation as a protest against the independence of judicial power in France, a principle that constitutes one of the pillars of democracy.
On the eve of the protest, a poll revealed that Almost half of the French (49%), an increase of seven percentage points in a month, wants Marine Le Pen to be a candidate for the next presidential elections in 2027.
