A French court has ordered Marine Le Pen, leader of the right-wing National Rally party, to undergo a psychiatric assessment in a stunning judgment. (The Local/AFP)
The unusual summoning is in relation to Le Pen having tweeted out gruesome propaganda images from terror group Isis that showed the bodies of people having been executed by the so-called Islamic State.
In March Le Pen was charged with circulating “violent messages that incite terrorism or pornography or seriously harm human dignity” and that can be viewed by a minor.
And as part of their investigation, it appears magistrates in Nanterre near Paris have ordered Le Pen to visit a psychiatrist for an expert assessment.
“I thought I had been through it all: well, no! For denouncing the horrors of Daesh (Isis) by tweets the “justice system” has referred me for a psychiatric assessment. How far will they go?!” she said on Thursday.
Le Pen believes the court order is part of a government conspiracy to discredit her.
Jacky Coulon, France’s national secretary of magistrates said the procedure is “automatic” for anyone who publishes certain kinds of images and not politically-motivated.
Give her response, it doesn’t look like Le Pen plans to schedule a psychiatric appointment anytime soon.
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