“We need commitments to be kept,” says the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation

Rémy Heitz, Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, said on Tuesday October 1 “worried” by the lack of resources of justice in France. She “remains in an extremely problematic means situation“, he believes.

The prosecutor does not see the additional resources promised to justice coming: “I am worried because there are commitments that were made in the November 2023 programming law. We need these commitments to be kept“, in particular, the recruitment of 1,500 additional magistrates. “We cannot ask more of justice than what it can give, like any institution, he believes.

“If there is anything that should be intangible and sacred, it is precisely the rule of law“, believes Rémy Heitz, responding to the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, who declared that the rule of law was not “not intangible or sacred“Remarks from the strong man of Place Beauvau which 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. It is the separation of powers, the equality of citizens before the law“, recalls Rémy Heitz.

The Attorney General at the Court of Cassation does not object 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 law with a small ‘e’, ​​but we must not touch the rule of law, we must even reinforce 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 one”fervent obligation to defend this rule of law on a daily basis“.