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This is Separation of Power Issue and not a clear cut issue. The principle is that Law, Law-making, and executive-power should be separated. It's really who yo
by nabla9 2y ago
This is Separation of Power Issue and not a clear cut issue. The principle is that Law, Law-making, and executive-power should be separated.
It's really who you trust more: courts or the people.
1. French law recognizes that French people are not trusted to weigh in the conviction properly, and the court sentences put limits to how can and can't run.
2. On the other hand, corrupting of the courts would prevent correcting the system by voting. If the courts are corrupt all hope is lost.
- lr1970 2y ago> 2. On the other hand, corrupting of the courts would prevent correcting the system by voting. If the courts are corrupt all hope is lost. Just last week a turkish court arrested the mayor of Istanbul under similar "corruption" charges. He happens to be the most popular opposition politician challenging Erdogan. EDIT: forgot to mention that recently Romanian supreme court canceled the elections altogether because the current government did not like the guy who won the first round. And of course he is not allowed to run in the rerun of the elections. People's votes do not seem to count any longer.
- com 2y agoThe Romanian justice system didn’t rule the candidate out because “the current government didn’t like him”. Where do you get your information, Fox News? It was because of grievous breaches of campaign financing. The kind of thing that brings the integrity of their electoral system at serious risk.
- gman83 2y agoIt's relevant that the corruption charges against Erdoğan's opponent are obviously trumped-up, whereas the ones against Le Pen are entirely legitimate.