France - Jean-Marie Le Pen declared ineligible as candidate in elections

AFP via Babelfish tranlation ^ | February 22, 2004

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Jean-Marie the ineligible PEN with regional in PACA

The president of the national Face Jean-Marie the PEN is ineligible with the regional elections of March the 21 and 28 in Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure, affirmed Sunday the administrative court of Marseilles, ruling in last spring.

"Mr. the PEN does not establish that it is eligible, the two requests are thus rejected", affirms the court in its judgement.

The government commissioner (which says the right, note) had shown the rejection from both recourse engaged before by the president from the FN, following two refusal successive of the prefect of area to validate his candidature.

"Mr. the PEN not having a residence in Nice, not being registered with the role of the direct taxation and not justifying a duty to be registered voter must there thus be declared ineligible with the regional council of PACA", had declared the government commissioner Jean-baptiste Brossier.

It was the third time that Jean-Marie the PEN, arrived in second position at the presidential election of 2002, briguait the presidency of area PACA.

The administrative court rules in last spring, as envisages it the electoral code. A possible dispute of its decision could intervene only at the time of one recourse against the election, i.e. after the poll.

The deposits of candidature for the regional elections must be carried out before Monday with 12h00 near the prefecture of area.

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Good riddance to an anti-American pest.

[Prodigal Son]

Jean-Marie the PEN

Ya gotta love babelfish.

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Please spare us babelfish translations.

The article is clearly labeled as a machine translation - "AFP via Babelfish". If you don't want to read it, then skip it and spare us the complaints.

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Sorry, you are incorrect. Babblefish is perfectly acceptable at FreeRepblic, always has been, always will. If you can't decipher what it says, try reading one of the easier threads.

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I agree. Babelfish is amusing, and it gives us the chance to see the news a few days earlier. For that matter, some foreign news is ONLY available this way, because the U.S. media suppress it.

Le Pen is a mixed bag. If a truly credible candidate ran on the platform of getting rid of the aliens, I believe they might win. Le Pen actually performs a useful service for the liberals, because he discredits the very position he supports, he is so obviously a crazed racist.