After several days of controversy, it is Emmanuel Macron’s turn to react to the “KohLantess” event organized in the Fresnes prison last July and whose video broadcast on YouTube was suspended by the production.
“Many of our countrymen may have been shocked by what they saw in our prisons. The Keeper of the Seals was right to remind the do’s and don’ts,” the state prison chief said during a preamble speech. of the meeting of the Council of Ministers back to school.
“Don’t feed the problems”
“The sentence has a meaning in society, it is not worth excluding everything, so it calls for reintegration but finally we must not feed the disorder,” Emmanuel Macron insisted. supervisors and members of an association clashed during sporting events and, in particular, a controversial go-kart race inside the Fresnes prison. The Minister of Justice, alleging that he had not been aware of this initiative, indicated that he wanted a circular to be approved “to clearly establish the conditions necessary to carry out prison reintegration projects.”
“The sentence has a meaning in society, it is not worth excluding everything, it is intended to reintegrate later, but it is not necessary to feed the disorder,” Emmanuel Macron insisted.
Although the President of the Republic called the government to “unity” in the face of “the end of abundance” and “the end of recklessness”, he assured that “security and justice” have a role to play in this period. “We must restore some certainties, there are some intangibles, invariants that must be defended. I congratulate the ministers who spoke to remember a fair order,” added the Head of State, saluting the action of his ministers Darmanin and Dupond-Moretti this summer. .
Source: BFM TV
