Latex-Clad Czech Politician Poses On Border with Assault Rifle

Alternative political parties and pseudo religions with cartoonish spokespeople are becoming as much a part of Czech culture as beer and dumplings.

Add the Order of the Nation to the burgeoning list of political groups with a flair for costume design. The party has just released sultry photos of candidate Barbora Haškovcová, decked out in latex and eyeliner like a Czech Lara Croft, wielding an assault rifle on the Czech-Slovak border.

The pics symbolize the movement’s platform “to preserve the identity and sovereignty of the country, traditional family values, traditions, historical references and absolute equality of all before the law, without distinction.”

Haškovcová, a mother of three who, in her spare time apparently does a lot of crocheting, is running for Chamber of Deputies for the Zlín region in the October parliamentary elections.

On Tuesday, the candidate responded to the outpouring of negative backlash against the photos, including one commenter who said he’d “only ever seen something like this at some latex vampire sci-fi festival” with this post on her Facebook page.

“I haven’t read so many disgusting and vulgar comments, reports, posts, and threats of destruction. But I can calm you down. Just keep moving. Thank you for the promotion and promotion of my person. You can see we’re doing it right.”