Option nationale still exists, says some obvious liar

SAINTE-FOY -- Some obvious liar sent a press release to Québec's news media yesterday claiming that the short-lived Option nationale party, which promote immediate Québec independence and contested one election in 2012, was still in existence and running candidates in the April 7 election.

Experts immediately dismissed the press release, noting that it was impossible for a party which got 2% of the vote only 18 months ago to be running again without anyone noticing.

"That's ridiculous," said Charles Leblanc, political science professor at Université de Montréal.  "The leader that started the party quit politics.  How could a one-person party like that still exist?"

"We would have obviously heard something," said Nathan Lemieux, a sociology lecturer at Concordia University.  "They couldn't have flown completely under the radar during this lackluster election, especially when everyone started talking about independence for no reason."