Posters of former U.S President Barack Obama have been popped up around the capital of France in what started as a prank by four friends pretending to launch a campaign for the former leader ahead of France’s presidential election.

The posters bear the words “Oui on peut”, a French translation of Barack Obama’s popular and effective 2008 campaign slogan “Yes We Can.

Even though Barack Obama, as a foreigner cannot legally run in the two rounds of elections in the month of April and May this year. An online petition posted by the group on their website Obama2017.fr has been signed by more than 40,000 people.

The organizers came up with the idea over beer; they said that they have launched the website and began plastering posters of Obama17 around Paris because they were disenchanted with the candidates running in France’s election.

The movement’s website said it wants to coax France out of its “lethargy” and Obama has the experience to do it.

The website reads “We wish to strike a blow by electing a foreign president at the head of our beautiful country.”

It said that Barack Obama has completed two terms as president of the U.S., why not hire him as the president of France?

The aim is to reach more than 1 million signatures by March 15th.

Polls showed that far-right candidate Marine Le Pen lead in the first round of presidential elections in April, but losing the second round to a single candidate from the  center-left or center-right.

But, now the race has tightened with raising protest the ‘National Front’ leader could become the first far-right politician to win power through the ballot box in Western Europe since the II World War.

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