Bruno Retailleau regrets “false debates” on the rule of law, “the foundation of our Republic”
In a press release, Bruno Retailleau, the Minister of the Interior, believes that “the subject of the protection and security of the French is too serious and too serious to be exploited by false debates (…) Of course there cannot be democracy without the rule of law, without public authorities respecting law and freedoms. This is the foundation of our Republic. »
On Sunday, Mr. Retailleau declared, in an interview given to Sunday Newspaperthat the rule of law “is not intangible or sacred”, attracting disapproval even in the presidential camp with criticism from several personalities, including the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, and the former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.
“We must face reality, we owe it to the French as Michel Barnier reminded us: today, the law does not sufficiently protect the French, argues the Minister of the Interior. Of course there cannot be democracy without the rule of law, without public authorities respecting law and freedoms. »
“When the texts in force no longer guarantee all rights – starting with the first of them, the right to be protected – they must evolve, in full respect of the institutions of our Republic”continues Mr. Retailleau who concludes that “this is what the French are asking of us and what we will do under the authority of the Prime Minister.”
Just before its clarification, it was the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation Rémy Heitz who expressed his criticism of the Minister of the Interior’s comments, on Franceinfo. The rule of law “neither intangible, nor sacred” ? “I don’t agree with this at all. (…). The rule of law is fundamental, which does not mean that we cannot change the law”more “we must not touch the rule of law and we must even strengthen it”asserted the magistrate, before ensuring that “the rule of law is a bit like freedom: we must not regret it when we have lost it”.
