A very legal debate on the constitutions of civil parties ended this Thursday morning when Salah Abdeslam asked for the floor. He gets up and proclaims: "Were the victims there in Syria ..." President Périès wants to cut short this new provocation, by which the accused tries to take the Assize Court hostage. "We leave the debates", asks the magistrate. “Let me finish! Will they be able to take the floor? You say that we are presumed innocent when we undergo a sanction before being judged! I do not endorse your justice. I mean there are other victims! "
"Mr. Abdeslam, we are getting out of the debate", calmly repeats Jean-Louis Périès. In vain. “Do not be selfish Mr. Speaker, there are other people here who want to listen to me. Listen to me !, continues Abdeslam who is launching a plea for three of his co-defendants - who are in particular on trial for having helped him in his post November 13 flight. In Molenbeek, there is a lot of generosity. Mohammed Amri, Hamza Attou and Ali Oulkadi (whom Abdeslam had already tried to exonerate during the investigation) did me a favor when they did not know what I was doing with my life. They knew nothing about it. Nothing at all ! These people are in prison when they have done nothing! "
Abdeslam continues to speak but we can no longer hear him: the sound of his microphone has been muted. President Périès takes over again to clarify: “Mr. Abdeslam, you have had five years to explain yourself. I hear you want to do it today and that's great, but now is not the time. The hearing is suspended.