The authorities must “rot the holidays” of the “thugs” involved in the urban violence that occurred after the death of young Nahel, declared Valérie Pécresse in early July. A month later, has the executive chosen to listen to the former presidential candidate? According to Othman Nasrou, vice-president of the Île-de-France region, first deputy secretary general of the Republicans, guest of Europe 1 Matin Thursday, the government’s response “is weak for the moment”.
“We have a feeling of impunity and we also have a bankruptcy of National Education”
“The government’s response is an erratic response. They don’t know how to deal with this subject. We have a subject of criminal response in our country, of state authority, which gives the feeling that his hand is shaking when he acts to punish delinquency”, he said at the microphone of Europe 1.
For the first Deputy Secretary General of the Republicans, it is necessary to provide a strong response, both educational and penal. “The problem is that in our country we have a disintegration of the criminal response. We have a feeling of impunity and we also have a bankruptcy of National Education”, launched Othman Nasrou before adding that t is not enough for justice to be severe.
“The sentences handed down can be severe sentences, but will they be well executed? We are in a country where you have sentences of less than one year in prison which are almost never carried out, for lack of prison places. This are virtual sentences,” he said.
Empower parents
The vice-president of the Île-de-France region also wants to empower and “sanction” the parents, “who, for some, are overwhelmed in good faith, but for others are unfortunately completely resigned”.
A month after these outbreaks of violence, Othman Nasrou recalled that there are still “tremendous cohesion challenges”. “It goes through the authority of the state, it goes through relearning part of our youth that we are in a country where they can quite have their place, provided they respect the rules.”