A week after the bus fires started by hooded rioters in this town in the northern suburbs of Lyon, public transport is still not running in certain neighborhoods.
Le Figaro Lyon
After announcing the elimination of municipal aid to minors who participated in the riots in Rillieux-la-Pape last Thursday and Friday, the mayor, Alexandre Vincendet (Horizons), is moving up a gear. The former deputy of this territory located in the northern suburbs of Lyon wrote to the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau (LR) to ask him for the withdrawal of social benefits, including access to social housing, for the families of juvenile delinquents . He also urged the government to repeal the 1945 ordinance relating to delinquent children.
“It’s time for things to change and we have the means to do sohe wrote in his letter to Beauvau, attacking repeat juvenile offenders. For this we must get away from the culture of excuses, of compromise, of ease”. The town of Rillieux experienced two nights of urban violence last Thursday and Friday, with mortar fireworks, outrages and violence against the police, as well as the burning of several vehicles, including two buses. of Lyon Public Transport (TCL). Among the half-dozen individuals arrested since then, three teenagers with no prior record were arrested for mortar fire and are being prosecuted by the juvenile justice system, the Lyon prosecutor's office said. Figaro.
Juvenile justice already reviewed in 2021
In his letter, Alexandre Vincendet points out minors “who will mock the court decisions taken because they will probably be ineffective and inefficient”. And parents “who either no longer have any authority over their child, or do not feel concerned by the actions of their children”. The councilor therefore considers “inconceivable that there will be no suspension of social assistance, including access to social housing for the parents of a juvenile delinquent”. He has already announced his desire to eliminate municipal aid to troublemakers. Its municipal council voted for this possibility in the spring.
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The mayor is asking the government for new legislative developments in juvenile justice. “The 1945 Ordinance relating to delinquent children must be repealedhe writes. There must be no excuse for minority.” This text supposed to protect minors has in reality already been largely amended by the entry into force in 2021 of the juvenile criminal justice code. When he was Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal announced his desire for new developments in matters of juvenile justice.
Alexandre Vincendet finally recalls the consequences of the riots for the billionaire population, while 37 bus stops have no longer been served since the events, until November 11. He also attacked this decision of the environmentalist president of the metropolis of Lyon and the transport regulatory authority (Sytral) before the administrative court.
