The former treasurer of the National Rally party (RN, Rassemblement National), Wallerand de Saint-Just, says the court "has expressed its political will, not its judicial or legal will, but its political will," after far-right leader Marine Le Pen was sentenced to a five-year ban on running for office with immediate effect, throwing into doubt her bid to stand for president in 2027. She was also given a four-year prison term but will not go to jail, with two years of the term suspended and the other two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet, the court ruled. COMPLETES VIDI38JF7T2_EN & VIDI38HZ49D_EN SOUNDBITE