After the hearing of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, on "the question of maintaining order" three weeks ago in the National Assembly, soon that of the police of the police. According to our information, the Law Commission will hear, in July, the boss of the IGPN (General Inspectorate of the National Police), Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre, as well as her counterpart of the IGGN (General Inspectorate of the National Gendarmerie), Alain Pidoux.
"There are many parliamentarians who talk about the police and the work of the inspections without knowing anything about it, either to excuse everything, or to condemn ex officio," says its president, the Renaissance MP, Sacha Houlié, for whom "these hearings will allow everyone to go to the end of things, to see how investigations are conducted, how inspections work, the effectiveness of the sanctions imposed".
A subject of political confrontation
Behind its technical aspect, a subject of political confrontation between the majority and its oppositions – especially on the left. Explosive, even, after the sharp criticism on the management of the demonstrations against the pension reform and the "mega-basins" in Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres), demonstrators, lawyers' unions, magistrates or left-wing politicians rebelling against police violence.
"Everyone cares when there's a case. After that, nobody is interested. The goal is not to lose the thread," continues Houlié, recalling that following the Michel Zecler affair, the Beauvau of security "had established parliamentary control over inspections".
