“I find it hard to understand that we can make such speeches,” says François Molins astonished

“I find it hard to understand how we can make such speeches”reacted Tuesday, October 1, François Molins, the former Paris prosecutor, honorary attorney general at the Court of Cassation, after the remarks made by the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau. The latter declared that the rule of law was not “not intangible, nor sacred”. François Molins spoke at the microphone of France Bleu Loire Océan, from La Roche-sur-Yon, in Vendée, where he gives a course on terrorism to Master 1 students at ICES, the Catholic institute of Vendée .

“The rule of law is consubstantial with democracy because it is an instrument for limiting the powers of the State to ensure the exercise of freedoms. Of course these declarations are worrying !”says François Molins.

The honorary public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation further specifies: “There cannot be a democracy that is not based on the rule of law. This is often what Laurent Fabius said [président du Conseil constitutionnel]we must not confuse the rule of law, which is made to change and adapt to society, with the rule of law, which is something sacred.”

François Molins adds: “Today, the rule of law is also based on a system of values ​​to which France has adhered, which is the European Convention on Human Rights. It serves to guarantee the rights and protect the fundamental freedoms of citizens. It is one of the great texts which found our society and which we cannot return to unless we completely transform the regime in which we live and we would no longer be in a democracy.