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Are magistrates "irresponsible"?

2020-07-09T21:45:54.890Z


VERIFICATION - The Union of Magistrates' Union criticized a past statement by Eric Dupond-Moretti who, still a lawyer, denounced the irresponsibility of magistrates. Is right ?


THE QUESTION. Before being appointed Keeper of the Seals on Monday, lawyer Éric Dupond-Moretti often criticized the judiciary as a whole and its functioning "endogamously" according to him, taking care to salute the height of sight and the independence of " great magistrates ” whom he encountered during his litigation career. Last June, far from suspecting that he would enter Place Vendôme, he declared on LCI that if he were Minister of Justice, he would establish “a system of responsibility of judges, because judges are not responsible for what 'they do today. They are the only ones in our society who are not responsible ” .

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To which the trade union organizations sharply replied, through the mouth, in particular, of Céline Parisot, president of the powerful Union trade union of the magistrates (USM, moderate and majority), which specified on Europe 1: “What one wishes c is dialogue and reform because there is a lot to do. We hope that these do not focus

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Source: lefigaro

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