It is a promise from the Minister for Citizenship. Invited this Saturday morning on Europe 1. Marlène Schiappa assured that the anti-rapprochement bracelets (BAR) would be operational from "the month of September".
This device, which was almost unanimous in parliament when it voted last year, aims to geolocate and ward off violent spouses by alerting the police as soon as the latter approaches at a defined distance from their partner or partner. ex-partner. It was part of the measures announced during the Grenelle against domestic violence. Last Sunday, Aurélien Pradié, LR deputy at the origin of the bill, had also criticized the delay between this vote and the implementation of the device, the date of which was unclear.
"A decline in feminicides since early 2020"
In response, this Saturday, Marlène Schiappa explained that it was necessary to let "the time of democracy" pass, the time for the law to be promulgated, adding that the public market launched to produce this bracelet had also taken time. .
The minister, who claims to remain mobilized "to fight against domestic violence", also announced to have observed "a drop in feminicides since early 2020 and a greater drop during confinement". Before adding: “There was then an increase at the time of deconfinement, because we know that the rupture is very often an act that triggers feminicide. "