“I’m sorry to say it bluntly, but Gérald Darmanin has a big mouth but small arms”, tackle Aurélien Pradié, Wednesday August 17 on France Inter. The deputy of Lot and secretary general of the Les Républicains party denounces “big words”them “big words” of the Minister of the Interior, who announced on Tuesday the establishment “at least three anti-rodeo operations a day” for each police station, from this day forward.
“Do I welcome the communication, the over-communication, of the Minister of the Interior? Yes. The action? No”continues Aurélien Pradié. “It’s unbearable to see a Minister of the Interior constantly prancing around without there being concrete actions behind it”, he laments. According to figures from Beauvau, “42,165 people” were checked leading to “338 arrests and 157 vehicle seizures”. “The question is not the increase in penalties, the question is the application of penalties”, reacts Aurélien Pradié.
.@AurelienPradieabout the fight against urban rodeos launched by Gérald Darmanin: “Do I welcome his communication? Yes. Action? No. It’s unbearable to see a Minister of the Interior constantly prancing around without action concrete behind”#le69Inter pic.twitter.com/s2rgpS1pz2
– France Inter (@franceinter) August 17, 2022
He demands the end of what he calls “the current doctrine”to know, “let go” and “do not chase rodeos to avoid accidents”. “Law enforcement must be able to prosecute those who commit rodeos. It’s time everyone knew that if they commit a criminal act, they will be prosecuted immediately,” insists Aurélien Pradié, convinced that “State authority has been challenged enough”. “That’s enough, it takes a lot more than words, it takes action, because it’s the republican building that is in question”he repeats.
“The Republic must urgently respond if we don’t want everything to collapse. It’s about restoring a certain idea of Republican authority and it starts with the question of rodeos”he believes, considering that he “There are no small acts of delinquency”. “What is at issue behind is the constant permanent distrust at all levels of our society of the authority of the Republic and the authority of the State”says the secretary general of the Les Républicains party.