To "defend Justice for all", was there "more beautiful way of doing things than by asking for Freedom"? The lawyers, still very upset against the pension reform, have been filing in mass, for a week, requests for release (DML).
An unprecedented step, which causes the saturation of the judicial system, and that 400 penalists - including many tenors of the bar - made a point of justifying, in a tribune addressed this Friday to several media, including Le Parisien (and which we publish below ).
In the corridors of courthouses, this punching operation of the black dresses with the red flap, symbol of the movement, caused a stir. Some fear indeed procedural errors, likely to release offenders.
A "heartbreak"
The examining magistrates and the prosecution have indeed only eight days after the filing of an AMD to render their decision. After this very short period, lawyers can seize the chambers of instruction of the courts of appeal, which then have twenty days to hold a hearing. Otherwise, release is made automatic.
"There will be no error," reassures Me Yves Levano, one of the backbones of the DML operation at the Paris bar. The 400 or so DMLs filed in a salvo last week in the jurisdiction of the Paris Court of Appeal "concern only 5 to 10% of detained defendants [in pre-trial detention, note]", according to his estimates.
“It's a heartbreak for us to go on strike. But the government does not seem to hear us, and we would like to be more supported by our representative institutions, "he still regrets. And to promise, in the event of a hardening of the movement, new DML operations, "even more massive". But also multiple "acts of zeal which will benefit the litigant", such as "actions in responsibility of the State for unreasonable delays in civil law, civil law, commercial law ..."
Open letter to judicial staff, court registers, magistrates, the National Bar Council
The action we started last week, without always benefiting from the support of our institutions to which we had proposed it, was born from a triple observation:
- If Justice, suffocated by a chronic lack of means, still functions as best it can, it is only thanks to the devotion of its officials, yet overwhelmed by their workload;
- The pension reform project, because of the announced increase in social security contributions, risks leading some lawyers to file for bankruptcy, and by that very fact, will drastically restrict access to the law of the most vulnerable litigants;
- While the executive power seems to hear only the demands of staff likely to be blocked, the lawyers' strike did not produce the expected effect.
The DML operation we carried has the double advantage:
- Not to stop work, but on the contrary to redouble efforts to defend, by virtue of the oath that we have taken;
- Not to take the "user" hostage, in this case the defendant;
We are aware that, as with our offices, the “DML” operation creates an additional workload for judicial personnel, court registrars and magistrates, in particular because of the ridiculous human and IT resources available to them.
How is it possible that the 7th world power, under the pretext of modernization and reforms which have only the name, thus mismanaging a fundamental institution?
Within the jurisdiction of the Paris Court of Appeal we estimate from 5% to 10% the number of “accused” prisoners who will have, during the same week, exercised their strictest right to request release in the 'awaiting trial; while the time for judgment continues to lengthen.
With such a small number in view of the prison population, why be afraid of difficulties in processing requests which could lead to release?
By attacking lawyers, sworn and independent professionals, who, day and night, tirelessly, defend all their fellow citizens, accused or complainants, perpetrators or victims, children or parents, husbands or wives, police or demonstrators, taxpayers or State judicial agents, the government is carrying out an unprecedented and very serious attack on our profession, which is part of the rule of law.
By this operation we wanted to recall our role, our determination to fight for our survival and our will to defend Justice for all.
What could be more beautiful than to ask for Liberty?
Signatories:
ABAD Lalla, VAL D'OISE Bar
ABITBOL Clément, Paris Bar
ABITBOL Manuel, Paris Bar
ABCI Kamilia, Bar of the HAUTS-DE-SEINE
AIT HOCINE Kamel, Bar of the SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
AITKAKI Samuel, Paris Bar
ALAIMO Rosa, Paris Bar
ALBIN Alexandre, Paris Bar
AMIOT Lara, Bar of MARSEILLE
ANFUSO Victoria, Paris Bar
ANSAR Kamran Malik, Paris Bar
ANTOURVILLE Guillaume, Paris Bar
ARAB TIGRINE Menya, Paris Bar
ARIOUAT Yanis, Paris Bar
ARKI Fatima, Paris Bar
ARNAUD Guillaume, Paris Bar
ASKOLOVITCH Camille, Paris Bar
ASSELIN Sophie, Bar of VERSAILLES
ASSOR-DOUKHAN André, Paris Bar
AUDAS Marion, CAEN Bar
AUZOU Amaury, Paris Bar
AYADI Mani, Paris Bar
BARAKAT Kian, CAEN Bar
BARBIER Nathalie, Paris Bar
BARISEEL Roland, Bar of the SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
BASS Christophe, Bar of MARSEILLE
BASSON-LARBI Jean-Christophe, Paris Bar
BATTIK Mourad, Paris Bar
BAUGAS Pierre, CAEN Bar
BECKER Alice, Paris Bar
BEHLOUL Malik, Paris Bar
BELHASSEN Jessica, Bar of the HAUTS-DE-SEINE
BELKACEM Nacéra, Paris Bar
BELKORA Lina, Paris Bar
BENADAVA Karine, Paris Bar
BENDIMHON Julie, Paris Bar
BENJADOR Abed, TOURS Bar
BENOIS Aurélie, Paris Bar
BENOUAICHE Nicolas, Paris Bar
BENSADOUN Grégory, Paris Bar
BERENGIER Emilie, Paris Bar
BERNAILLE Cécile, Paris Bar
BERREBI AMSELLEM Laure, Paris Bar
BERTRAND Lucie, Paris Bar
BIDNIC Thomas, Paris Bar
BIELAKOFF Claire, Bar of SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
BOBETIC Ariana, Bar of the SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
BOCCARA Jérémie, Paris Bar
BOESEL Delphine, Paris Bar
BOUAOU Amar, Paris Bar
BOUCHALHOUB Audrey, Bar of VERSAILLES
BOUCHENTOUF Cathy, Paris Bar
BOUDEVIN Cindy, CAEN Bar
BOULET Romain, Paris Bar
BOUNDAOUI Sonia, Bar of the SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
BOURDIE Karine, Paris Bar
BOUZROU Yassine, Paris Bar
BRAND Élise, CAEN Bar
BROQUET Stéphane, Paris Bar
BRUCH Emmanuelle, Bar of FORT-DE-FRANCE
BROWN Isabelle, Bar of CAEN
BRUNO Pierre, Bar of MARSEILLE
BUICANGES Alexandre, Bar of the HAUTS-DE-SEINE
BULTE Amélie, Paris Bar
CALVEZ Cécilia, Paris Bar
CANU-BERNARD Marie-Alix, Paris Bar
CARCY Amandine, Paris Bar
CARRU Céline, Bar of MARSEILLE
CASADEI Delphine, Bar of the SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
CATALA Aude, Paris Bar
CATELLA-NALLET Sarah, Paris Bar
CHARRIERAS Anne-Sophie, Paris Bar
CHARVET Gustave, Paris Bar
CHICHE Ilanit, Paris Bar
CHICHE Raphael, Paris Bar
CHIREZ Matthieu, Paris Bar
CHIRON Anne, Paris Bar
CHRISTIDIS Héléna, Paris Bar
CHOCRON José, Paris Bar
COFFIGNAL Charline, Paris Bar
COHEN Salomé, Paris Bar
COHEN-SABBAN Alice, LILLE Bar
COHEN SABBAN Joseph, Paris Bar
COHN Patricia, Bar of VAL-DE-MARNE
COLOMBANI Jean-Baptiste, Bar of the HAUTS-DE-SEINE
COMPOINT Anne-Laure, Paris Bar
CONQUY Matthieu, Paris Bar
CONSIGNY Charles, Paris Bar
COQUIS Talia, Paris Bar
CORBIN Bérengère, Paris Bar
COTTA Thibaud, Paris Bar
COURATIER-BOUIS Clotilde, Paris Bar
CRIQUI Julia, Paris Bar
DAIBILIAN Valérie, Paris Bar
DALVIN Jennifer, Paris Bar
DAOUD Emmanuel, Paris Bar
DAUVIN Camilla, Bar of the HAUTS-DE-SEINE
DEBELLE Joanne, CAEN Bar
DE CONDE Diane, Paris Bar
DE GONI Marie-Stéphanie, CAEN Bar
DELARUE Julien, Bar of LILLE
DE LUCA Stéphanie, Bar of the HAUTS-DE-SEINE
DEMIAZ Nicolas, Paris Bar
DEMILLIERE Véronique, CAEN Bar
DE SEVIN Mariana, Paris Bar
DESSON Julie, Paris Bar
D'HARCOURT Marie, Paris Bar
DIEGO RODRIGUEZ Lisa, Paris Bar
DOBBLAIRE Arnaud, Bar of the SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
DOMINGOS Sophie, Bar of ESSONNE
DORANGES Grégory, Hauts-de-Seine Bar
DOUBLIEZ Claire, Paris Bar
DOUKHAN Avner, Paris Bar
DOUKHAN Léa, Paris Bar
DREYFUS Julien, Paris Bar
DREYFUS SCHMIDT Corinne, Paris Bar
DUBOIS Lola, Paris Bar
DUCOMBS Olivier, Paris Bar
DUFOUR Alexandra, Paris Bar
DUMONT Gaëlle, Paris Bar
DUMONT SAINT PRIEST Louise, Paris Bar
DURAND-POINCLOUX Margaux, Paris Bar
ELBASE Shirly, Paris Bar
ELBAZ Ludovic, Paris Bar
ESCUILLIE Camille, Paris Bar
FAHER Younès, Bar of SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
FAUCON Paul, Paris Bar
FIORENTINO Léa, Paris Bar
FLISSI Kheira, Paris Bar
FONDA Camille, Paris Bar
FORLOT Nicolas, Bar of HAUTS-DE-SEINE
FRANÇOIS Valérie, Bar of CAEN
FURIC Marion, Paris Bar
GARCIA Sophie, Paris Bar
GAS Stéphane, Paris Bar
GAVINI Alexia, Paris Bar
GENDRIN Bruno, Paris Bar
GIRON Sylvana, Paris Bar
GOLDMAN Sabrina, Paris Bar
GOMBART Guillaume, Bar of VERSAILLES
GONIDEC Julie, Paris Bar
GRAMMAGNAC Pascale, Bar of CAEN
GRANANTA Jean-Louis, Bar of MEAUX
GRANIER Julie, Paris Bar
GRAVELIN RODRIGUEZ Antonin, Paris Bar
GREMONT Dimitri, Paris Bar
GUEGAN Valentin, Paris Bar
GUEGUEN Marc Antoine, Paris Bar
GUIDICELLI Jean-Claude, Toulon Bar
GUILLARME Julie, Paris Bar
GUILLEMET Maud, Bar of the SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
GUILLEMIN Maxime, VAL D'OISE Bar
GUILLEMONT Bénédicte, CAEN Bar
GUY Raffaelle, Paris Bar
HALTER Jennifer, Paris Bar
HAMDAOUI Sahra, Bar of SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
HAZAN Joseph, Paris Bar
HAZIZA Stéphane, Paris Bar
HERZOG Guillaume, Paris Bar
HERZOG Inès, CAEN Bar
HERZOG Thierry, Paris Bar
IBAZATENE Malika, Bar Association of SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
IDIR Samir, MEAUX Bar
ISRAËL José, Paris Bar
JEZEQUEL Julie, Paris Bar
KADRI Siheme, Paris Bar
KAMINSKI David-Olivier, Paris Bar
KANTOR Maïa, Paris Bar
KARAMI Ariane, Paris Bar
KASSIANIDES Alexandra, Paris Bar
KEMPF Raphaël, Paris Bar
KNEUSE Emmanuelle, Paris Bar
KOPLEWICZ Richard, Paris Bar
KORNMAN Maud, Paris Bar
LAFFONT Jacqueline, Paris Bar
LAGUENS Anne-Sophie, Paris Bar
LARERE-GENEVOIX Julien, Paris Bar
LAUNAY Timothée, Paris Bar
LEBERQUIER Yves, Paris Bar
LECACHEUX Pascale, CAEN Bar
LE FUR Gesh, Paris Bar
LE HIR Morgane, Paris Bar
LERICHEUX Mélanie, CAEN Bar
LEYMARIE Janaïna, TOULOUSE Bar
LE ROY Stéphanie, Paris Bar
LESIGNE Emma, Paris Bar
LESUEUR Audrey, SEINE-SAINT-DENIS Bar
LEVANO Yves, Paris Bar
LÉVY Jonathan, Paris Bar
LINDON Gaspard, Paris Bar
LINVAL Estelle, VAL-DE-MARNE Bar
LOSAPPIO Philippe, Paris Bar
LOWENSTEIN Agnès, Paris Bar
MADAR Jennifer, Bar of HAUTS-DE-SEINE
MAHEU David, Bar of SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
MAIER Thomas, Paris Bar
MAISONNEUVE Patrick, Paris Bar
MALAPERT Delphine, Paris Bar
MALET Audrey, Bar of ESSONNE
MALTERRE Marie, Paris Bar
MAMÈRE Adrien, Paris Bar
MARAIS David, Paris Bar
MARIOTTI Eduardo, Paris Bar
MARRE Jean-Baptiste, Paris Bar
MASSAIN Gwendoline, Paris Bar
MASSI Véronique, Paris Bar
MAUGEAIS Dominique, Bar of CAEN
MAUGER POLLAK Sarah, Paris Bar
MAZIER Margaux, Bar of VERSAILLES
MECHIN Martin, Paris Bar
MEFFRE Maxime, Paris Bar
MEIER-MIMRAN Deborah, Bar of ESSONNE
HOUSEHOLD Marion, VAL D'OISE Bar
HOUSEHOLD Anais, ESSONNE Bar
MEUBLAT Noémie, Bar of ESSONNE
MHISSEN Lilia, Paris Bar
MICELI Cécile, Paris Bar
MILLOT Sophie, Paris Bar
MONEY Serge, Paris Bar
MONGNE Lucie, SEINE-SAINT-DENIS Bar
MONSEF Marie, Paris Bar
MONTAGNIER Lucas, Bar of MARSEILLE
MONTANO Marion, Bar of MARSEILLE
MONTENOT Carole-Olivia, Paris Bar
MONTI Sandrine, CAEN Bar
MORAND-LAHOUAZI Karim, Paris Bar
MORTAGNE Etienne, Bar
MOUCHENOTTE Marie-France, Bar of CAEN
MOUREU Laure, Paris Bar
MOUSSIF Nadia, Paris Bar
MOUTIN Aurélie, Paris Bar
MREJEN Ilana, Paris Bar
NABET Alexandre, Paris Bar
NADAL Isabelle, Bar of VAL-DE-MARNE
NATHAN Marie-Cécile, Paris Bar
NAUDON Ulysse, Paris Bar
NIECHCICKI Carole, Bar of the HAUTS-DE-SEINE
NOGUERAS Xavier, Paris Bar
NOUAR Soraya, Paris Bar
ORY Antoine, Paris Bar
OUKERFELLAH Nadia, Paris Bar
PELARDIS Nathalie, Paris Bar
PERRIER Camille, Paris Bar
PERROS Clémentine, Paris Bar
PETER Nina, Bar of the SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
BOARD Valérie, Bar of CAEN
PLOUVIER Eric, Paris Bar
PONSOT Olivier, Bar of VAL-DE-MARNE
PORTELLI Serge, Bar
PUGLIESE Margot, Paris Bar
RAMADIER Jean-Christophe, Bar of MEAUX
RAMONATXO Thomas, Paris Bar
REDON Chloé, Paris Bar
REVEL Sébastien, CAEN Bar
REY GASCON Sophie, Paris Bar
RIVAIN Benoît, Bar of NANTES
RIZKALLAH Hiba, Paris Bar
ROCARRO Loïc, Bar of MARSEILLE
ROMINGER Charles, Paris Bar
ROSENTHAL Boris, Paris Bar
ROUSSEAU Laura, Paris Bar
ROUSSEAU Pierre-François, Paris Bar
ROYAUX Zoë, Paris Bar
RUIZ Romain, Paris Bar
SABILELLAH Lynda, Paris Bar
SAFFAR Keren, Paris Bar
SAIDI-COTTIER Noémie, Paris Bar
SAINT-MICHEL Grégory, Paris Bar
SAINT-PALAIS Christian, Paris Bar
SALAMON Samy, Bar of FORT-DE-FRANCE
SANSON Mathilde, ROUEN Bar
SATORRA Virginie, Paris Bar
SERRE Clarisse, Bar of SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
SIARI Michèle, Paris Bar
SIBOUT Ariane, CAEN Bar
SIKSIK Grégory, Paris Bar
SIMERAY Laurent, Paris Bar
SLAMA Dylan, Paris Bar
SOURTY Eliot, Paris Bar
SOUSSAN-AZRAN Léa, Bar of the SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
SPITERI Stéphanie, Bar of MARSEILLE
STANSAL Elias, Paris Bar
STUDNIA Pénélope, Paris Bar
SURIN Clarisse, Paris Bar
TABI Brahim, Paris Bar
TAKHEDMIT Lee, Paris Bar
TAVARES Dorothée, Bar of HAUTS-DE-SEINE
TEBOUL Jules, Paris Bar
TEGHBIT Linda, Paris Bar
TEISSEDRE Agnès, Paris Bar
TEMIME Hervé, Paris Bar
THIERS Anthony, Paris Bar
TOBY Caroline, Paris Bar
TORDJMAN Rivka, Paris Bar
TORT Louise, Paris Bar
TOSTIVINT Marie, Bar Association of SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
TOUCHOT Olivier, Paris Bar
TOURE Alasan, SEINE-SAINT-DENIS Bar
TOURE Mariame, Paris Bar
TRICAUD Dominique, Paris Bar
TROVATO Frédéric, Paris Bar
TSIGARIDIS Georges, Paris Bar
VALAT Guillaume, Paris Bar
VALENT Philippe, Paris Bar
VALETTE Michael, Paris Bar
VANNI Romain, Paris Bar
VARGA Aurélie, Bar of the HAUTS-DE-SEINE
VERRIELE Eric, Paris Bar
VIAL Fanny, Paris Bar
VIALLET Marlène, Bar of the SEINE-SAINT-DENIS
VIGIER Hugues, ROUEN Bar
VINOT Pierre, Paris Bar
VIOLLEAU Marie, Paris Bar
VOGELHUT May Sarah, Paris Bar
WAGNER Clotilde, Bar of VERSAILLES
WEINBERG Sophie, Paris Bar
WOCH Magali, Paris Bar
YAKOUTI Yassine, Paris Bar
ZAANOUN Myriam, Paris Bar
ZAGURY Victor, Paris Bar
ZOUGHEBI Delphine, Paris Bar
ZWIRN Maeva, Paris Bar
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