Forty years ago almost to the day, at the end of a standoff with his own socialist deputies, François Mitterrand, in the name of national unity and reconciliation, obtained the adoption and promulgation of the law which would change the lives of soldiers, police officers, magistrates and other public officials who had been expelled in 1961-1962 for having taken part in the Algiers putsch or, subsequently, in the OAS.
It was not an amnesty law.
Parliament had already adopted three laws, with increasingly wide scope (in 1964, 1966 and 1968), erasing the criminal convictions of former participants in the Algiers putsch or the OAS.
The criminal part of this case was closed for a long time.
The amnesty law of July 1974, adopted the day after the election of Giscard d'Estaing had even given those concerned the right to wear, if necessary, their decorations.
Read alsoWhat French Algeria really was
What does this law of December 1982 contain, imposed by Mitterrand on the PS and which, at the time, unleashed…
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 83% left to discover.
Freedom is also to go to the end of a debate.
Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Login