The usual opposition between Édouard Philippe and Emmanuel Macron is growing. Horizon deputies withdrew a bill on recidivism in the Assembly this Thursday morning, after being beaten.
This text provided for a minimum sentence of one year in prison for recidivism in crimes of violence committed against public officials, such as teachers or police officers. It was rejected by 98 votes to 87 votes.
“Twisted Blows” and “Mess”
If this failure is not really a surprise – Éric Dupond-Moretti, the Keeper of the Seals had already made his opposition known – it gives an idea of the atmosphere between the Renaissance and Horizons deputies, who belong to the presidential majority.
“It costs me and it costs my group. I was ready to fight, argument against argument, conviction against conviction”, launched the rapporteur for the text Naïma Moutchou in the chamber.
Before adding: “I was less prepared for twist punches, I must tell you guys, maneuvers, procedural punches. What a waste.”
A return to “minimum penalties” that upset the macronistas
In the field of the Renaissance, we assume this rejection. From commission work, Law Commission Chairman Sacha Houlié had likened this bill to a form of “minimum sanctions”, introduced in the first months of Nicolas Sarkozy’s five-year term and repealed during the tenure of five years of François Hollande. . .
Among the reasons invoked by Horizons to defend this text, is the participation of “repeat offenders or repeat offenders” in the sentences handed down by the courts.
Beyond the restoration of minimum sentences, the bill also sought to strengthen the means of reinsertion and the organization of a “consensus conference” to reflect globally on the fight against recidivism.
“The minimum sentences have not allowed, directly or indirectly, to suppress crime or better fight against recidivism,” the Justice Minister justified his part in the rostrum.
After extremely tense negotiations between Renaissance and Horizons during the legislative elections, Édouard Philippe had described the relations as “cordial and distant” on BFMTV in February.
Source: BFM TV
