He will have experienced horror scenarios. During one of our legal chronicles, Albert Cantinol told us: “If there is one thing that I have learned throughout my career, it is that human beings are capable of anything: the worst, as the best, and my work has mostly shown me the worst. »
It must be said that the Attorney General has had his work cut out for him in the face of violence that has “become daily” and “more violent than before,” he believes, not without fear. After three years working near the Mamoudzou Appeal Chamber, Albert Cantinol leaves his post. At the end of the year, he will join the Court of Appeal of Fort-de-France, in Martinique, as general advocate.
“It’s a return to the origins before I bow out”
“I am leaving quite simply because I wanted to occupy my last position before retirement in Martinique. It’s a return to the origins before I bow out. That said, Mayotte deserves that we focus on it and that everyone in their place tries to contribute to moving this department forward. »
A “very particular and difficult to contain” delinquency
When he took up his post, the attorney general was struck by the extreme poverty that reigned within the 101st French department. “I still can’t believe it,” he said. “What struck me was the extreme poverty of too large a part of the population, where too many children suffer in silence, without real prospects for the future, where this very particular delinquency lies and is difficult to contain . »
Françoise Toillon takes over
Convinced that “justice is the sanction of established injustices”, the attorney general will return to the island of flowers after a final session of assizes, before passing the baton to his colleague from Metz, Françoise Toillon. Coming in March 2024 as part of the support system for overseas jurisdictions, Françoise Toillon, deputy prosecutor, had reinforced the staff of the judicial court for a period of six months until August 2024. She will take up her new functions in a few weeks.
Mathilde Hangard
