France’s constitutional court on Friday ruled local politicians can be barred from office immediately if convicted of a crime, leaving the door open for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to potentially be barred from the 2027 presidential race in an embezzlement trial concluding on Monday.
My dream is to one day read a news article about a court decision that actually has final concrete repercussions, and not something that will likely end up with 2-3 more appeals later down the track.
Why should a politician convicted of stealing money ever be allowed in a position of power? Why not just ban her for life?
Previous mayor of my city went to prison for corruption during his mandate. Dude gets second place on the last mayor election 😑