11:19 – Bruno Retailleau intends to “have the courage of firmness”
“Restore order”. Or the watchword of Bruno Retailleau, heard several times during his handover of power with Gérald Darmanin, his predecessor as Minister of the Interior, this Monday, September 23 in Beauvau. The former boss of the LR senators took the opportunity to recall his guiding principle: “have the courage of firmness”. In other words, “for the beaten-up schoolboy, for the raped young girl, for the grieving widow of the policeman, for our compatriots who, because of their origins, their skin color, their beliefs, are threatened”, the tolerance of the new Minister of the Interior should be very low.
11:01 – Migaud (Justice) already tackles Retailleau (Interior)
The same day, on France 2, the new Minister of Justice Didier Migaud spoke on the subject and Bruno Retailleau’s positions: “He has his convictions, he is Minister of the Interior, I am Minister of Justice. I too must show authority, firmness, ensure that there is no impunity, while ensuring that the rule of law is respected, that procedures are respected.”
Asked about a measure envisaged by the tenant of Beauvau, the short-term incarceration of offenders from the first offences, Didier Migaud was firm: “He must know that justice is independent in our country and that it is an essential thing”. A slight tackle that will surely not go unnoticed by the main person concerned. There will be “a certain number of exchanges with Bruno Retailleau”, he nevertheless assured, saying he was “ready” to face it.
???????? “Bruno Retailleau must know that justice is independent in our country. The feeling that it does not condemn enough is not always correct”
Didier Migaud says he is “ready” to discuss with his colleague from the Interior Ministry. #JT20H pic.twitter.com/DtxvQYhFnr
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10:46 – “There must be sentences handed down (..) prisons must be built”
First disagreements within the government? As has already happened in the past, the Interior/Justice relationship is experiencing some turmoil. This Monday, the tenant of Beauvau, Bruno Retailleau called for a review of “a certain number of frameworks to change a penal policy that (…) has allowed a right to non-execution of sentences to take hold”. “I am Minister of the Interior. I am not Minister of Justice. This is why I think there needs to be a dialogue”, he indicated during the 8pm news on TF1. “There must be sentences handed down, that the sentences handed down are also sentences executed. Prisons must be built. This is not my area of expertise but I will discuss it very freely with Didier Migaud”, the new Minister of Justice, he specified. Not sure that these statements will please Didier Migaud, recently appointed to Justice.