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Drug trafficking: tension rises a notch between Dupond-Moretti and the magistrates

2024-03-26T18:04:54.089Z

Highlights: Tensions rise between the minister and the Marseille magistrates. Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, refocused, on Wednesday, the Marseilles magistrates for their crude analysis of the situation. Remarks which are “ the bedrock of the extreme right ”, the minister said. PS senator from Saône-et-Loire, Jérôme Durain, recalls that “ it is normal for, under oath, the magistrates to take stock the situation and say that it is serious”


DECRYPTION - The judges stand united behind their Marseille colleagues, refocused by the minister after mentioning difficulties in the fight against drug trafficking.


The anger does not subside.

And the next hearing of the Senate committee devoted to drug trafficking, chaired by Jérôme Durain, should not help matters.

At 2 p.m. this Wednesday, former magistrate François Molins will in turn testify about the work of justice against organized crime.

A hearing which will take place against a backdrop of controversy, after the Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, refocused, on Wednesday, the Marseille magistrates for their crude analysis of the situation before the same commission.

Remarks which are “

the bedrock of the extreme right

”, the minister said.

Enough to amaze the PS senator from Saône-et-Loire, Jérôme Durain, who recalls that “

it is normal for, under oath, the magistrates to take stock of the situation and say that it is serious if it is the case.

What happened poses a problem both in form and in substance in relation to respect for republican principles

.

“Moreover, what the Marseille magistrates have…

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Source: lefigaro

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