MONTREAL - Ultra-left wing politician Amir Khadir is on the defensive over a picture on his kitchen table that shows him holding a gun and standing over Premier Jean Charest's dead body.
The separatist Quebec Solidaire Leader and his wife both defended the image, currently being used as evidence against their daughter as she fights accusations of masterminding student violence.
The image is a doctored version of an 1830 painting by French artist Eugene Delacroix depicting the French Revolution of that year.
Khadir's face is superimposed on the body of a revolutionary holding a musket. Charest's face appears on the body of one of several dead men lying at Khadir's feet.
Police snapped photos of the doctored painting last week as they raided Khadir's home and arrested his daughter, Yalda Machouf Khadir, 19.
She spent five days in jail before a judge released her on $12,000 bail Tuesday.
Met by reporters at the Montreal courthouse, the defendant's mother dismissed the picture as a satirical work by a local band.
"It's (an) album cover," said Nima Machouf, adding, "go check it on the Internet, it will make you laugh, too."
Charest had no comment Tuesday, but two of his ministers said such images in the home of a sitting MNA are no laughing matter.
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The separatist Quebec Solidaire Leader and his wife both defended the image, currently being used as evidence against their daughter as she fights accusations of masterminding student violence.
The image is a doctored version of an 1830 painting by French artist Eugene Delacroix depicting the French Revolution of that year.
Khadir's face is superimposed on the body of a revolutionary holding a musket. Charest's face appears on the body of one of several dead men lying at Khadir's feet.
Police snapped photos of the doctored painting last week as they raided Khadir's home and arrested his daughter, Yalda Machouf Khadir, 19.
She spent five days in jail before a judge released her on $12,000 bail Tuesday.
Met by reporters at the Montreal courthouse, the defendant's mother dismissed the picture as a satirical work by a local band.
"It's (an) album cover," said Nima Machouf, adding, "go check it on the Internet, it will make you laugh, too."
Charest had no comment Tuesday, but two of his ministers said such images in the home of a sitting MNA are no laughing matter.
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Sun News : Quebec MNA Khadir defends picture showing dead Charest
