The secretary general of the Republicans Aurélien Pradié pleaded on Tuesday August 9 to create a “security courtin terrorism cases, while the administrative justice on Friday urgently suspended the expulsion of Imam Iquioussen to Morocco.
“I am one of those who think that we must set up in our country a Court of Security of the Republic whose mission will be to deal urgently with decisions to deport those who threaten security on our territory.“Said Aurélien Pradié on Europe 1.
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Criticizing the rolejudges who today have grown too large in our country“, he felt that it is necessary not”not propose cosmetic laws that will not work“, but “reorganize the system“. In this “fight against hatred and terrorism», «we must rearm. It is an absolute necessity for the defense of our values“, justified the deputy of Lot, who also reserves for the start of the school year a possible decision to apply for the presidency of LR. Aurélien Pradié did not further specify the prerogatives that this Court of Security would have, according to him. He felt about the case of Imam Iquioussen that the Minister of the Interior “Gérald Darmanin tripped over the carpet“and that this case”demonstrates all his impotence for years“, where his “big words» led to «very weak acts“.
This is not the first time that the idea of such a Court has appeared in the debate on the right. In the spring of 2021, Guillaume Peltier, then number two of the Republicans, had drawn the wrath of the tenors of the party by wishing the restoration of a Court of Security – jurisdiction created by General de Gaulle in 1963 and abolished after the election of François Mitterrand – who could place in detention, without possibility of appeal, in the files of terrorism. Mr. Peltier was eventually removed from his post. At the National Rally, Marine Le Pen called during the presidential campaign for a “emergency legislation“, with a State Security Court or a “banishmentof Islamism, but promising that it would bein accordance with the rule of law” and “will in no way affect public freedoms“.
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The Interior Ministry appealed to the Council of State against the decision to suspend the expulsion of Imam Hassan Iquioussen. This preacher is accused by the French authorities of having made anti-Semitic, homophobic and “anti women“, during sermons or conferences, almost 20 years ago for some.