The judiciary should take responsibility for the safety of elected officials after the many threats identified since the start of the electoral campaign, particularly with regard to conditional releases, argued the former President of the National Assembly, Jean-Pierre Charbonneau.
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Affirming that he is “not so surprised” by recent events, Mr. Charbonneau said he was above all disappointed to see that we “often fall back into our faults”.
“Individually elected and candidates in an election, they are a little left to themselves, that’s what is dangerous. They are the prey of populists or people who are a little distracted, ”he said in an interview with QUB radio on Friday morning.
The former president especially castigated the management of the judicial system, while the man who is accused of attacking the liberal MP Marwah Rizqy was released on conditions.
“The message that the judiciary sends to people who threaten elected officials or candidates is not a message that is clear enough, firm enough,” he said.
“[Le message qui doit être envoyé] citizens is: you benefit from rights, you benefit from important freedoms, you benefit from freedom of expression, but there are limits to that and if you do not respect these limits, there will be consequences to the act which can be severe,” added Mr. Charbonneau.
According to him, the lack of consideration for elected officials also comes from the failure to respect the commitments made by the parties, causing cynicism and disillusionment among citizens.
“There is a responsibility of elected officials, candidates, political leaders to be dignified and to respect their commitments and to ensure that citizens have fewer excuses to be angry with political institutions”, he said. valorize.