“If there is something that should be intangible and sacred, it is precisely the rule of law,” worries the attorney general at the Court of Cassation

“If there is something that should be intangible and sacred, it is precisely the rule of law“, said this Tuesday on franceinfo Rémy Heitz, attorney general at the Court of Cassation, thus responding to the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau who had declared that the rule of law was not “not intangible, nor sacred“.

Words from the strong man of Place Beauvau which had worried part of the political class, particularly within the macronie.”These are the rules which are the basis of our democracy, essential rules, which are a guarantee for all of us, with principles which are completely fundamental“, recalls Rémy Heitz.

Rémy Heitz is not opposed to the criminal law being modified by the legislative power. “The rule of law with a capital ‘E’ is fundamental, which does not mean that the law cannot be changed. We can change the state of the law with a small ‘e’, ​​but we must not touch the rule of law, we must even strengthen it” he insists.

The prosecutor warns of a possible drift: “In certain so-called illiberal regimes in Europe, we have attacked the rule of law and we have seen the results. And the rule of law is a bit like freedom, we must not regret it once we have lost it“, he warns. Rémy Heitz believes that it is absolutely “essential“let everyone have”fervent obligation to defend this rule of law on a daily basis“.