Mayalène Trémolet / Photo credit: Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP
Debates for the Justice Bill have begun in the National Assembly. Examination of the text is not without difficulties because of the recent riots. While the Insoumis have issued a prior motion of rejection, the Keeper of the Seals recalls their attitude of the last few days.
It is in a context of violence and incomprehension that the National Assembly debates the bill for the programming of justice, a law carried by the Keeper of the Seals himself. It provides for 10,000 job creations, 15,000 new prison places. Éric Dupond-Moretti defends an in-depth reform. But the examination of the text has been greatly disturbed by the events of the last few days.
“You want to destroy the Republic”
Faced with a motion of prior rejection of the Insoumis, the Keeper of the Seals recalls their attitude of the last days, in particular that of their leader.
“The great conductor Mélenchon. Not only was he slow to condemn those who had upset us all, but he said: ‘Hands off the school, library, gymnasium’. And the courthouses, and the police stations, and the town halls? All that, you don’t care! Because you want to destroy the Republic”, alarms the Keeper of the Seals.
The right takes advantage of this on its side to plead in favor of a firmer policy. “I obviously refer to the ransacked public buildings, the stolen and vandalized businesses, including the guilty silences of some, the ambiguous remarks of others. , firm and systematic”, explains firmly the deputy Les Républicains Philippe Gosselin.
It remains to be seen whether this pressure will change the government’s text. On the first day of the review of the law. The games are far from over.