“This rule has existed, exists and will exist. Jordan only reminded us of that,” said the leader of the National Rally deputies on RTL, who added that the latter “does not [l]'never disappointed'.
Marine Le Pen praised this Wednesday, November 20, her “relationship of trust” with the president of the National Rally (RN) Jordan Bardella, despite the latter's declarations on the obligation to have a “clean” criminal record to run for an election, while she is under threat of conviction of the court. “We’re making a deal out of nothing at all!”exclaimed the head of the RN deputies on RTL.
Monday evening, the president of the far-right party explained that “not having a conviction on your criminal record is for me a number one rule when you want to be a parliamentarian of the Republic”. Asked about Marine Le Pen who is awaiting the decision concerning her in the trial of the parliamentary assistants of RN MEPs where the prosecutors requested a suspended prison sentence accompanied by a sentence of ineligibility, he seemed taken by surprise.
“Not having a registration for your number three bulletin is a requirement”
“The National Rally has been asking its candidates for their criminal records for years”recalled Marine Le Pen, and in particular the “bulletin number three of the criminal record (which) is reserved for the most serious sentences”. “This rule has existed, exists and will exist. Jordan just reiterated that. It's completely legitimate. Not having a registration for your number three bulletin is a requirement. It’s valid for everyone no matter what.”she said.
Criminal record bulletin number three “includes the most serious convictions as well as custodial sentences”explains the Ministry of Justice. It thus lists convictions for crimes and misdemeanors exceeding two years of imprisonment without suspension, convictions for crimes and misdemeanors of less than two years of imprisonment without suspension if the court has ordered their mention, certain disqualifications or incapacities in progress. execution, the socio-judicial monitoring measure and the penalty of prohibition from exercising a professional or voluntary activity involving habitual contact with minors as well as the convictions handed down by foreign courts against a French person greater than two years' imprisonment without suspension.
“Jordan has never disappointed me”
Placing herself in the perspective that “relaxation comes to restore my innocence in the eyes of all”she assured that she had not discussed with the president of the RN her possible inability to run in the 2027 presidential election.“We do not put ourselves in this hypothesis, you know the confidence I have with regard to Jordan, but in this case (…) if I were prevented, it is the political movement which would be brought to choose your candidate, this is the internal democratic functioning of our movement”she evacuated.
“We have a relationship of trust with Jordan, I gave him a chance in due time by taking all the risks because he was very young during the last European elections, he was 23 years old.she developed. He has never disappointed me.”
