“We exchanged very freely this (Tuesday) evening, as is the case at each meeting”, declared Tuesday evening Éric Dupond-Moretti, Minister of Justice, at the end of the fifth debate of the States General of the justice, which took place at the Chartres judicial court.
About thirty professionals from the legal world met with the Minister of Justice to express their expectations in the face of a justice that many consider “sick”.
Eric Dupond-Moretti expected at the Chartres court on Tuesday … but not by everyone
“There is an existential malaise that needs to be understood. This is nothing new. And the question of the means is not new either. I have, if I may say so, traveled in many courts of France and Navarre. I heard solemn re-entry speeches twenty years ago where we already heard that justice was in crisis. “
Faced with this observation, Éric Dupond-Moretti indicated that he had reminded the participants, in Chartres, “of the considerable efforts in terms of resources, a 33% increase in the budget during this term of office, including eleven people in Chartres to help the clerks. and magistrates ”. But he agreed that “there were still some missing. This is also what we talked about ”.
“All the ideas will be synthesized and the document will be made public”
The question is not only that of the means. “There is a macro vision in the ministry and there are everyday things that we understand by going into the field. What I have not started to do today. Before answering, you have to pose the problems. Then we adjust them. “
He adds: “To those who do not take part in the States General who believe that it is a coup, I say they are wrong. All ideas will be synthesized and the document will be made public. “
Magistrates and clerks denounce degraded justice
Aurore Docquincourt, section secretary of USM and vice-president of protection litigation, at the Dreux local court, had warned: she did not make the trip.
Joined this Tuesday evening, she confirmed her remarks the day before, recalling in particular that the resources allocated to justice were mainly directed to the prison administration “which also needs it, but we also need clerks, magistrates, etc. and not just contract workers ”.
Francois Feuilleux
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