Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general) Criminal Law

Hello all,

I wonder if you can help me with the above? Various defendants have been convicted for committing drug trafficking and have been sentences, and as part of this, the defendants received the above..

I have come across this in proz:

'specifically disqualified from standing for election to public office during the term of their sentence',

I don't think the above trans is correct in this context.. would this be more in line with employment, i.e defendant unable to become manager or some such? the above trans sounds as though the defendant is banned from running for politics, which I doubt is correct in my text. My audience are mainly English readers who specialise in criminal law..

Thank you