While the States General of Justice opened on Monday near Poitiers (Vienne), the former Minister of Justice Elisabeth Guigou assured that “it is necessary to better train all the actors” in connection with this institution.
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“We must better educate in law and justice from primary school”, estimated Monday, October 18 on franceinfo the former Minister of Justice Lionel Jospin, Élisabeth Guigou, while the States General of Justice opened in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou in the presence of Emmanuel Macron. The objective of these States General is according to the President of the Republic of “put back to flat” the judicial system, “renew the civic pact” between justice and citizens and “guarantee the efficiency of the public service”. Concretely, the actors involved will have to “to draw up a state of the situation of justice” and “formulate concrete proposals” according to the Elysée website.
Education in law and justice “not done enough”, ruled the former Minister of Justice between 1997 and 2000. “It is necessary to better train all the actors who have a link with the judicial institution so that they can explain it and better explain it”, pleaded the one who chaired a group of work on the presumption of innocence.
According to Elisabeth Guigou, “it is a vast site which is open” by Emmanuel Macron on the occasion of these States General which will be held until November, with “a deep aspiration: to reconnect justice and society, also to ensure that it is more attentive to the needs of citizens and more human.”
“The means have been significantly increased” by the current government, adds the former Minister of Justice. “Myself, who had very good budgets when I was minister, I must say that these are also very good and even excellent. But it is not only a question of means: even if it is important , it is a question of general political will “, she finished.